Executive functioning in Cornelia de Lange syndrome: Domain asynchrony and age-related performance

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Reid, Donna ^a   Moss, Jo ^a,b   Nelson, Lisa ^a   Groves, Laura ^a   Oliver, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural phenotype; CdLS; Cornelia de Lange; Executive functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; BRITISH PICTURE VOCABULARY SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORSI BLOCK TAPPING TEST; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DIMENSIONAL CARD CHANGE SORTING TASK; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027405832     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11689-017-9208-7     Document Type: Article

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