Molecular windows into speech and language disorders

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 130-140

  Fisher, Simon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultured neurons; Developmental language disorders; FOXP2 gene; Gene mapping; Human genome; Verbal dyspraxia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION DISORDER; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 34250182778     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101771     Document Type: Review

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