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1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) : illustrations |
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Clinics in developmental medicine |
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Clinics in developmental medicine.
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Introduction -- History of the Landau-Kleffner syndrome -- Classification issues -- Speech perception and brain organization of language: relevant features for Landau-Kleffner syndrome and epilepsy-aphasia spectrum -- The different clinical facets of Landau-Kleffner syndrome -- Developmental aspects of Landau-Kleffner syndrome and the epilepsy-aphasia spectrum and the overlap with developmental language disorders and autism spectrum disorder -- Evolution of Landau-Kleffner syndrome short-, mid- and long-term outcomes -- From Rolandic epilepsy to Landau-Kleffner syndrome -- Laboratory investigations in Landau-Kleffner syndrome and the epilepsy-aphasia spectrum -- Physiopathology of speech, language and other prolonged epileptic dysfunction in Landau-Kleffner syndrome, epilepsy with continuous spike waves during sleep and related syndromes -- Functional neuroimaging investigations in idiopathic focal epilepsies of childhood with cognitive and behavioural impairment / Xavier De Tiège, Serge Goldman, and Patrick Van Bogaert -- Drug management of cognitive impairments in Landau-Kleffner syndrome and other epilepsy aphasia spectrum syndromes -- Speech and language, educational and psychological remediation -- Personal testimonies and unpublished cases -- Summary and conclusions |
| Summary |
Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is a rare childhood neurological syndrome. It is characterised by a sudden or gradual loss of ability to understand of express language (aphasia) and usually occurs in children between the ages of 3 and 7 years. Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is a rare childhood neurological syndrome. It is characterised by a sudden or gradual loss of ability to understand of express language (aphasia) and usually occurs in children between the ages of 3 and 7 years. Rolandic epilepsy is the most common epilepsy syndrome in childhood with involvement of the oropharyngeal manifestations, hypersalivation and arrest of speech. These two syndromes are considered to be aspects of the 'epilepsy-aphasia spectrum' with common rolandic epilepsy being the mildest form and LKS the most severe |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Epilepsy in children.
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Epilepsy.
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Children.
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Infants.
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Epilepsy
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Aphasia
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Child
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Infant
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children (people by age group)
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infants.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Infants
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Epilepsy
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Children
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Epilepsy in children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roulet-Perez, Eliane, author.
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Tiège, Xavier de, author.
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Goldman, Serge, author.
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Bogaert, Patrick van, author.
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Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois.
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| ISBN |
9781909962774 |
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1909962775 |
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