Neuropsychological characteristics of Italian children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1909-1919

  Aragón, Alfredo S ^a   Coriale, Giovanna ^b,d   Fiorentino, Daniela ^b   Kalberg, Wendy O ^a   Buckley, David ^a   Phillip Gossage, J ^a   Ceccanti, Mauro ^b   Mitchell, Elisha R ^a   May, Philip A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Center on Alcoholism   (United States)

^d Centro di Riferimento Alcologico Regione Lazio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Italian children; Neuropsychological characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDER RATING SCALE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RAVEN COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 54249136858     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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