Delayed language development due to infantile thiamine deficiency

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 629-634

  Fattal Valevski, Aviva ^a   Azouri Fattal, Iris ^b   Greenstein, Yoram J ^c   Guindy, Michal ^d   Blau, Ayala ^d   Zelnik, Nathanel ^e  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

^d MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^e CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN MILK; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WALKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOY MILK; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67651184158     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03161.x     Document Type: Article

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