A longitudinal study of neurological soft signs from late childhood into early adulthood

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 602-607

  Martins, Isabel ^a   Lauterbach, Martin ^b,i   Slade, Peter ^c   Luís, Henriques ^d   Derouen, Timothy ^e   Martin, Michael ^e   Caldas, Alexandre ^f   Leitão, Jorge ^f   Rosenbaum, Gail ^g   Townes, Brenda ^h  

^a Language Research Laboratory   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DENTÁRIA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^g Box 359745   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 48749085457     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03043.x     Document Type: Article

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