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Child Neuropsychology
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Original Articles

Receptive vocabulary and semantic knowledge in children with SLI and children with Down syndrome

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Pages 490-508 | Received 25 Oct 2013, Accepted 31 Mar 2014, Published online: 15 May 2014

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