ADHD and dysgraphia: Underlying mechanisms

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 700-709

  Adi Japha, Esther ^a   Landau, Yael E ^b   Frenkel, Lior ^a   Teicher, Mina ^a   Gross Tsur, Varda ^b   Shalev, Ruth S ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agraphia; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Handwriting; Learning disabilities; Spelling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGRAPHIA; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHONEME; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING;

EID: 34547599778     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70499-4     Document Type: Article

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