Narrative skills, cognitive profiles and neuropsychiatric disorders in 7-8-year-old children with late developing language

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 665-681

  Miniscalco, Carmela ^a,b   Hagberg, Bibbi ^b   Kadesjö, Björn ^b   Westerlund, Monica ^c   Gillberg, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Autism; Cognitive profile; Language delay; Narrative skill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NARRATIVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NARRATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SWEDEN;

EID: 35648951746     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820601084428     Document Type: Article

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