Language Disorders in Children: Classification and Clinical Syndromes

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-467

  Simms, Mark D ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSARTHRIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MATURATIONAL DELAY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIXED RECEPTIVE EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE DISORDER; NEUROANATOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONETICS; PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

APRAXIAS; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249722593     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.02.014     Document Type: Review

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