Neurological and magnetic resonance imaging findings in children with developmental language impairment

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 870-877

  Webster, Richard I ^a,c   Erdos, Caroline ^a   Evans, Karen ^a   Majnemer, Annette ^a   Saigal, Gaurav ^a   Kehayia, Eva ^a   Thordardottir, Elin ^a   Evans, Alan ^b   Shevell, Michael I ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Imaging; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 48449088157     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808315620     Document Type: Article

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