Current status of treatments for dyslexia: Critical review

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 744-758

  Alexander, Ann W ^a   Slinger Constant, Anne Marie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 8844261835     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738040190100401     Document Type: Review

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