Executive functions among youth with Down Syndrome and co-existing neurobehavioural disorders

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1130-1141

  Pritchard, A E ^a   Kalback, S ^b   Mccurdy, M ^c   Capone, G T ^a  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Maine General Medical Center   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Behavioral phenotyppes; Down syndrome; Intellectual disability; Mental health; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS PRESCHOOL VERSION; CHILD; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; COMORBIDITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; METACOGNITION; PSYCHOMETRY; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DEVICES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84983108473     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jir.12217     Document Type: Article

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