Word recognition and cognitive profiles of Chinese pre-school children at risk for dyslexia through language delay or familial history of dyslexia

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-218

  McBride Chang, Catherine ^a   Lam, Fanny ^b   Lam, Catherine ^b   Doo, Sylvia ^b   Wong, Simpson W L ^a   Chow, Yvonne Y Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese children; Dyslexia; Genetic risk; Language impairment; Lexical tone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; WORD RECOGNITION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DYSLEXIA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38349141830     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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