Neuropsychology and Genetics of Speech, Language, and Literacy Disorders

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 543-561

  Peterson, Robin L ^a   McGrath, Lauren M ^a   Smith, Shelley D ^b,c   Pennington, Bruce F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; READING; REVIEW; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; WORD RECOGNITION;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249280189     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.02.009     Document Type: Review

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