Potential influences on mathematical difficulties in children and adolescents with Neurofibromatosis, type 1

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Moore, Bartlett D ^a,b  

^a Section of Behavioral Pediatrics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cortical morphology; Math disability; Neurofibromatosis; Visual spatial impairment

Indexed keywords

NEUROFIBROMIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MACROCEPHALY; MATHEMATICAL LEARNING DISABILITY; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISION;

EID: 64549107586     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.53     Document Type: Article

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