Referential communication skills in children with Down Syndrome

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-16

  Maltese, A ^a   Pepi, A ^a   Scifo, L ^a   Roccella, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Communication; Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84901499875     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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