Rolandic epilepsy and dyslexia

Autor: Ecila P. Oliveira, Marina L. Neri, Lívia L. Capelatto, Catarina A. Guimarães, Marilisa M. Guerreiro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 72, Iss 11, Pp 826-831 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4227
0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20140141
Popis: Objective Although benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is an idiopathic, age-related epilepsy syndrome with favorable outcome, recent studies have shown impairment in specific neuropsychological tests. The objective of this study was to analyze the comorbidity between dyslexia and BECTS. Method Thirty-one patients with clinical and electroencephalographic diagnosis of BECTS (group A) and 31 paired children (group B) underwent a language and neuropsychological assessment performed with several standardized protocols. Our findings were categorized as: a) dyslexia; b) other difficulties; c) without difficulties. Our results were compared and statistically analyzed. Results Our data showed that dyslexia occurred in 19.4% and other difficulties in 74.2% of our patients. This was highly significant when compared with the control group (p
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