Speech Disorders
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Bilateral gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma and pilocytic astrocytoma with WT1 GT-IVS9 mutation: A 46 XY phenotypic female with Frasier syndrome.

13 Dec 2009 Frasier syndrome is characterized by a 46 XY disorder of sex development, nephropathy, and increased risk for gonadoblastoma due to Wilms tumor 1(WT1) mutation in the donor splice site of intron-9, resulting in the splice form +KTS. Germ cell tumors ... Read more...

Sequelae due to bacterial meningitis among African children: a systematic literature review.

12 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: African children have some of the highest rates of bacterial meningitis in the world. Bacterial meningitis in Africa is associated with high case fatality and frequent neuropsychological sequelae. The objective of this study is to ... Read more...

Arcuate fasciculus tractography integrated into Gamma Knife surgery.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECT: To prevent speech disturbances after Gamma Knife surgery (GKS), the authors integrated arcuate fasciculus (AF) tractography based on diffusion tensor (DT) MR imaging into treatment planning for GKS. METHODS: Arcuate fasciculus tractography ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Speech Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Bilateral gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma and pilocytic astrocytoma with WT1 GT-IVS9 mutation: A 46 XY phenotypic female with Frasier syndrome. 13 Dec 2009
• Sequelae due to bacterial meningitis among African children: a systematic literature review. 12 Sep 2009
• Arcuate fasciculus tractography integrated into Gamma Knife surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of adult speech and language disorders. 24 Aug 2009
• [Current aspects of neurorehabilitation after stroke] 12 Aug 2009
• Reversible neurological deficit after foam sclerotherapy. 12 Aug 2009
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency: diagnosis and management. 30 Jul 2009
• Language and learning: a discussion of typical and disordered development. 30 Jul 2009
• The assessment of auditory function in CSWS: lessons from long-term outcome. 30 Jul 2009
• Effects of it takes two to talk--the hanen program for parents of preschool children with cerebral palsy: findings from an exploratory study. 25 Jul 2009
• Foreign accent syndrome as a first sign of multiple sclerosis. 20 Jul 2009
• Infarction in the territory of the anterior cerebral artery: clinical study of 51 patients. 7 Jul 2009
• Hemipalatal hypoplasia. 29 Jun 2009
• Using EQ-5D in children with asthma, rheumatic disorders, diabetes, and speech/language and/or hearing disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Loss of language in early development of autism and specific language impairment. 29 Jun 2009
• [Head and neck cancers. IV. Rehabilitation following surgery of head and neck cancers] 29 Jun 2009
• Representation of survey and route spatial descriptions in children with nonverbal (visuospatial) learning disabilities. 8 Jun 2009
• Sex differences in beliefs about cues to deception. 30 May 2009
• [Speech intelligibility tests in cochlear implant patients] 30 May 2009
• [Laryngeal lead shot injury: therapy and follow-up] 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Speech Disorders'

Definition: Acquired or developmental conditions marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or generate spoken forms of language.

Descriptor UI: D013064

Alternative terms: Speech Disorders; Cluttering; Clutterings; Verbal Fluency Disorders; Verbal Fluency Disorder; Dyslalia; Dyslalias; Rhinolalia; Rhinolalias; Aprosodia; Aprosodias; Aprosodic Speech; Speech, Aprosodic; Dysglossia; Dysglossias;

Related Mesh Headings: Language 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: C10.597.606.150.500.800; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800;

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