Isolated disturbance of written language-acquisition as an initial symptom of epileptic aphasia in a 7-year-old child - a 3-year follow-up-study

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serval:BIB_CF40C3719914
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Isolated disturbance of written language-acquisition as an initial symptom of epileptic aphasia in a 7-year-old child - a 3-year follow-up-study
Périodique
Aphasiology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Deonna T., Roulet Perez E., Davidoff V.
ISSN
0268-7038
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1993
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
7
Numéro
5
Pages
441-450
Langue
anglais
Résumé
A 7-year-old right-handed girl developed partial complex seizures with a left-sided onset. A brief period of post-ictal aphasia of the conduction type was documented before seizure control and complete normalization of oral language were obtained. We also found that she had a history of previous unexplained difficulty with written language acquisition that had occurred prior to the clinically recognized epilepsy and a subsequent loss of this ability. This rapidly improved with control of the epilepsy. The evolution of written language were been followed for 3 years, and continued improvement has occurred with fluctuations related to her epilepsy. This observation adds support to the growing body of data indicating that specific cognitive disturbances can be due to epilepsy in young children. It shows the vulnerability of skills which are in a period of active development, and the possibility that oral/written language can be differentially involved by cerebral dysfunction in the young child.
Mots-clé
Acquired Conduction Aphasia, Abnormalities, Seizures
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