The down syndrome behavioral phenotype: Implications for practice and research in occupational therapy

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-25

  Daunhauer, Lisa A ^a   Fidler, Deborah J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phenotype; Down syndrome; genetics; intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHIROPRACTIC; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 78651443643     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: 15413098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07380577.2010.535601     Document Type: Article

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