Language and Reading Deficits Associated With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Evidence for a Not-So-Nonverbal Learning Disability

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 503-522

  Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^a   Turner, Janet E ^a   Denckla, Martha Bridge ^a   Hofman, Karen J ^b   Scanlon, Donna C ^c   Vellutino, Frank R ^d  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c State University of New York at Albany ^*

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84907429646     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: 15326942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649509540634     Document Type: Article

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