Verbal learning and memory impairment in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 724-732

  Lewis, Catherine E ^a   Thomas, Kevin G F ^a   Dodge, Neil C ^a,b   Molteno, Christopher D ^c   Meintjes, Ernesta M ^a   Jacobson, Joseph L ^a,b,c   Jacobson, Sandra W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IQ; California verbal learning test children's version; Fetal alcohol exposure; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure; Verbal learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; MICHIGAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SOUTH AFRICA; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MICHIGAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOUTH AFRICA; VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84926467247     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12671     Document Type: Article

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