Cognitive and psychological profile of males with becker muscular dystrophy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Young, Helen K ^a,g   Barton, Belinda A ^b   Waisbren, Susan ^d,e   Dale, Lourdes Portales ^a   Ryan, Monique M ^a,f   Webster, Richard I ^a,c,f   North, Kathryn N ^a,f  

^a Institute for Neuromuscular Research   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e University of Hartford   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; Cognition; Dystrophin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPELLING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 38349174487     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807307975     Document Type: Article

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