Relations Between Executive Functioning and Academic Performance in Adolescents with Neurofibromatosis-1.
Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) is one of the most common single-gene autosomal dominant disorders. In addition to significant medical complications, learning and attention problems are two of the most commonly reported difficulties in the NF1 population. Given that executive dysfunction often contributes...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 431 - 451 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2014
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