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High risk of reading disability and speech sound disorder in rolandic epilepsy families: case-control study.
Epilepsia - 1 Dec 2007
Clarke Tara, Strug Lisa J, Murphy Peregrine L, Bali Bhavna, Carvalho Janessa, Foster Suzanne, Tremont Geoffrey, Gagnon Bernadine R, Dorta Nelson, Pal Deb K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Associations between rolandic epilepsy (RE) with reading disability (RD) and speech sound disorder (SSD) have not been tested in a controlled study. We conducted a case-control study to determine whether (1) RD and SSD odds are higher in RE probands than controls and (2) an RE proband predicts a family member with RD or SSD, hence suggesting a shared genetic etiology for RE, RD, and SSD. METHODS:...
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