Language Disorders - Complications
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

[Language development impairment and trisomy 8 mosaicism]

29 Jun 2009 Constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism (46,XX/47,XX,+8 or 46,XY/47,XY,+8) is characterized by trisomic distribution of chromosomes in some but not all cells of the body. The full condition presents with physical stigmata, skeletal abnormalities and a ... Read more...

Short-term memory (STM) constraints in children with specific language impairment (SLI): are there differences between receptive and expressive SLI?

30 May 2009 PURPOSE: Specific language impairment (SLI) is assumed to be causally related to deficits in auditory short-term memory (STM). Although verbal STM deficits have been consistently found in SLI, the results of visual STM tests are inconsistent. Do ... Read more...

Is semantic processing impaired in individuals with high schizotypy?

30 Mar 2009 Semantic processing deficits are present in schizophrenia. However, this research has often been criticized for methodological artifacts and confounds, including long hospitalizations and medication of patient samples. Utilizing high schizotypes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Language Disorders - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Language development impairment and trisomy 8 mosaicism] 29 Jun 2009
• Short-term memory (STM) constraints in children with specific language impairment (SLI): are there differences between receptive and expressive SLI? 30 May 2009
• Is semantic processing impaired in individuals with high schizotypy? 30 Mar 2009
• Treatment factors associated with outcomes in children less than 3 years of age with CNS tumours. 25 Feb 2009
• Deficits on irregular verbal morphology in Italian-speaking Alzheimer's disease patients. 19 Jan 2009
• Language in autism and specific language impairment: where are the links? 30 Oct 2008
• Cognitive impairment in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1): a longitudinal follow-up study. 22 Sep 2008
• Re: Atypical language in lesional and nonlesional complex partial epilepsy. Jun 2008
• [Autism and language: some molecular aspects] 30 Dec 2007
• Verb comprehension and naming in frontotemporal degeneration: the role of the static depiction of actions. 21 Dec 2007
• A noninvasive, presurgical expressive and receptive language investigation in a 9-year-old epileptic boy using near-infrared spectroscopy. 9 Dec 2007
• Ictal neuropsychological findings in focal nonconvulsive status epilepticus. 26 Nov 2007
• Word processing in Parkinson's disease is impaired for action verbs but not for concrete nouns. 20 Oct 2007
• Primary and secondary anosognosia for memory impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease. 29 Sep 2007
• Central and peripheral agraphia in Alzheimer's disease: from the case of Auguste D. to a cognitive neuropsychology approach. 29 Sep 2007
• Selective naming (and comprehension) deficits in Alzheimer's disease? 29 Sep 2007
• Non-word repetition in children with specific language impairment: a deficit in phonological working memory or in long-term verbal knowledge? 30 Jul 2007
• The broader language phenotype of autism: a comparison with specific language impairment. 30 Jul 2007
• A temporal lobe factor in verb fluency. 29 Jun 2007
• Using mismatch negativity to study central auditory processing in developmental language and literacy impairments: where are we, and where should we be going? 29 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Language Disorders'

Definition: Conditions characterized by deficiencies of comprehension or expression of written and spoken forms of language. These include acquired and developmental disorders.

Descriptor UI: D007806

Alternative terms: Language Disorders; Language Disorder; Acquired Language Disorders; Acquired Language Disorder; Language Disorder, Acquired; Language Disorders, Acquired;

Related Mesh Headings: Speech Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.150.500; C23.888.592.604.150.500;

History Note: 1967

Technical Notes: /ther: consider also LANGUAGE THERAPY; do not confuse with SPEECH DISORDERS: read differentiation of LANGUAGE & SPEECH under LANGUAGE; do not confuse with LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS: see note there