Language assessment of non-handicapped twins at 5 years of age

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 944-949

  Gucuyener, Kivilcim ^a   Arhan, Ebru ^a   Soysal, A Sebnem ^a   Ergenekon, Ebru ^a   Turan, Ozden ^a   Onal, Esra ^a   Koç, Esin ^a   Turkylmaz, Canan ^a   Atalay, Yldz ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

in vitro fertilization; language delay; Peabody; singletons; twins

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TWINS;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; TWINS;

EID: 84255172786     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03425.x     Document Type: Article

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