Clinical expression of developmental coordination disorder in a large Canadian family
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developmental coordination disorder in children
objective in this article, a motor skill disorder called developmental coordination disorder (dcd), that is usually first diagnosed during childhood, is explained and discussed. in the year 1987, dcd was formally recognized as a distinct disorder in children by the american psychiatric association (apa). dcd is a generalized term for the children who have some degrees of impairment in the deve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Paediatrics & Child Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1205-7088,1918-1485
DOI: 10.1093/pch/13.9.763