Toward epigenetic and gene regulation models of specific language impairment: Looking for links among growth, genes, and impairments

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Rice, Mabel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DECELERATION; DYSLEXIA; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DELAY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 84877299114     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-4-27     Document Type: Review

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