Fluency patterns in narratives from children with localization related epilepsy

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-205

  Steinberg, Mara E ^a   Ratner, Nan Bernstein ^a   Gaillard, William ^b   Berl, Madison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Fluency; Language impairment; Narratives; Speech disfluencies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOCALIZATION RELATED EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STUTTERING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NARRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 84879129934     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: 1873801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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