The crucial role of thiamine in the development of syntax and lexical retrieval: A study of infantile thiamine deficiency

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1720-1739

  Fattal, Iris ^a   Friedmann, Naama ^a   Fattal Valevski, Aviva ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

developmental language impairment; Hebrew; lexical retrieval; syntax; thiamine deficiency

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEXICAL RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNTACTIC COMPREHENSION; SYNTACTIC PRODUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79957840673     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr068     Document Type: Article

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