Cognitive correlates of mathematical disabilities in children with velo-cardio-facial syndrome

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-94

  De Smedt, Bert ^a,b   Swillen, A ^a   Devriendt, K ^a   Fryns, J P ^a   Verschaffel, L ^a   Boets, B ^a   Ghesquiere P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

22q11 Deletion Syndrome; Cognitive phenotype; Dyscalculia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; WORKING MEMORY;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS;

EID: 44649093258     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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