Familial loading in specific language impairment: Patterns of differences across proband characteristics, gender and relative type

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-228

  Conti Ramsden, G ^a   Falcaro, M ^a   Simkin, Z ^a   Pickles, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial aggregation; Multifactorial model; Proband characteristics; Specific language impairment (SLI)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELATIVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247146915     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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