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SUBMITTER: Schumacher J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2597981 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schumacher Johannes J Hoffmann Per P Schmäl Christine C Schulte-Körne Gerd G Nöthen Markus M MM
Journal of medical genetics 20070216 5
Dyslexia is among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, with a prevalence of 5-12%. At the phenotypic level, various cognitive components that enable reading and spelling and that are disturbed in affected individuals can be distinguished. Depending on the phenotype dimension investigated, inherited factors are estimated to account for up to 80%. Linkage findings in dyslexia are relatively consistent across studies in comparison to findings for other neuropsychiatric disorders. This is p ...[more]