The forgotten learning disability: Epidemiology of written-language disorder in a population-based birth cohort (1976-1982), Rochester, Minnesota

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1306-1313

  Katusic, Slavica K ^a   Colligan, Robert C ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Barbaresi, William J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder of written expression; Writing difficulties; Writing disabilities; Writing disorder; Writing problems; Written language disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WRITTEN LANGUAGE; WRITTEN LANGUAGE DISORDER;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 66049118702     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2098     Document Type: Article

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