Cognition and adaptive skills in myotonic dystrophy type 1: A study of 55 individuals with congenital and childhood forms

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 982-990

  Ekström, Anne Berit ^a,b   Hakenäs Plate, louise ^c   Tulinius, Már ^b   Wentz, Elisabet ^b,d  

^a Northern Alvsborg Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; AUTISM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349092445     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03300.x     Document Type: Article

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