Acquired auditory agnosia in childhood and normal sleep electroencephalography subsequently diagnosed as Landau-Kleffner syndrome: A report of three cases

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 575-579

  Van Bogaert, Patrick ^a   King, Mary D ^b   Paquier, Philippe ^a   Wetzburger, Catherine ^a   Labasse, Catherine ^c   Dubru, Jean Marie ^d   Deonna, Thierry ^e  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Union Professionnelle des Logopèdes Francophones ^*  (Belgium)

^d Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGNOSIA; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGNOSIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84876835398     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12025     Document Type: Article

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