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The epilepsy-aphasia spectrum : from Landau-Kleffner syndrome to Rolandic epilepsy /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Mac Keith Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Clinics in developmental medicine.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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- Personal testimonies and unpublished cases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