Etiology of the stability of reading difficulties: The longitudinal twin study of reading disabilities

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 434-439

  Astrom, Raven L ^a   Wadsworth, Sally J ^a   DeFries, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING;

COLORADO; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34250792266     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.3.434     Document Type: Article

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