Effects of early thyroid hormone deficiency on children's autobiographical memory performance

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-429

  Willoughby, Karen A ^a,b   Mcandrews, Mary Pat ^b,c   Rovet, Joanne ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Episodic memory; Hippocampus; Maternal hypothyroidism; Semantic memory; Visual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876722970     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712001488     Document Type: Article

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