Learning in Young Children with Down Syndrome: Public Perceptions, Empirical Evidence

Down Syndrome Across the Life Span

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 18-27

  Wishart, Jennifer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Down syndrome; Genes; Learning; Neurological development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861225052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470777886.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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