Comparison of verbal learning and memory in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1114-1121

  Crocker, Nicole ^a   Vaurio, Linnea ^a   Riley, Edward P ^a   Mattson, Sarah N ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CVLT c; Differential diagnosis; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Verbal learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79956159098     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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