Deficits in working memory, reading comprehension and arithmetic skills in children with mouth breathing syndrome: analytical cross-sectional study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Mouth breathing syndrome is very common among school-age children, and it is possibly related to learning difficulties and low academic achievement. In this study, we investigated working memory, reading comprehension and arithmetic skills in children with nasal and mouth brea...

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Main Authors: Rita Cristina Sadako Kuroishi, Ricardo Basso Garcia, Fabiana Cardoso Pereira Valera, Wilma Terezinha Anselmo-Lima, Marisa Tomoe Hebihara Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802015000200078&lng=en&tlng=en