Clinical characteristics of children with learning disorders in Taiwan

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-429

  Huang, Ya Fen ^a,b   Chang, Hsueh Ling ^a,b   Wu, Yu Yu ^a,b   Huang, Yu Shu ^a,b   Liang, Hsin Yi ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Chinese; Clinical characteristic; Comorbidity; Learning disability; Learning disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; WRITING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 36549025061     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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