ADHD and developmental dyslexia: Two pathways leading to impaired learning

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1145, Issue , 2008, Pages 316-327

  Eden, Guinevere F ^a,c   Vaidya, Chandan J ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Dyslexia; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DYSLEXIA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SKILL;

EID: 57449107064     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1416.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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