The language phenotype of children and adolescents with noonan syndrome

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 917-932

  Pierpont, Elizabeth I ^a   Weismer, Susan Ellis ^a   Roberts, Amy E ^b   Tworog Dube, Erica ^c   Pierpont, Mary Ella ^d   Mendelsohn, Nancy J ^d   Seidenberg, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation; Developmental disorders; Language; Literacy; Noonan syndrome

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 2; PTPN11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOS PROTEIN;

ALEXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEARING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOONAN SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SPEECH DISORDER;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; NOONAN SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 11; READING; SOS1 PROTEIN;

EID: 77955375878     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/09-0046)     Document Type: Article

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