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SUBMITTER: Truong DT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5065602 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Truong D T DT Shriberg L D LD Smith S D SD Chapman K L KL Scheer-Cohen A R AR DeMille M M C MM Adams A K AK Nato A Q AQ Wijsman E M EM Eicher J D JD Gruen J R JR
Human genetics 20160817 12
Verbal trait disorders encompass a wide range of conditions and are marked by deficits in five domains that impair a person's ability to communicate: speech, language, reading, spelling, and writing. Nonword repetition is a robust endophenotype for verbal trait disorders that is sensitive to cognitive processes critical to verbal development, including auditory processing, phonological working memory, and motor planning and programming. In the present study, we present a six-generation extended ...[more]