Neuropsychological and neurobehavioral functioning in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 743-752

  Snow, Wanda M ^a   Anderson, Judy E ^a   Jakobson, Lorna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognition; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Intelligence; Neurobehavioral; Neuropsychiatric; Neuropsychology; Social interaction; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFESPAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOPATHY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876339147     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.03.016     Document Type: Review

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