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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Characterization of Speech and Language Phenotype in GLUT1DS.

Martina Paola Zanaboni, Ludovica Pasca, Barbara Valeria Villa, Antonella Faggio, Serena Grumi, Livio Provenzi, Costanza Varesio, Valentina De Giorgis

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Martina Paola ZanaboniDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Ludovica PascaDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Barbara Valeria VillaDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Antonella FaggioDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Serena GrumiDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Livio ProvenziDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Costanza VaresioDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5645-021X
Valentina De GiorgisDepartment of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
University of Pavia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo analyze the oral motor, speech and language phenotype in a sample of pediatric patients with GLUT 1 transporter deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS).

methodseight Italian-speaking children with GLUT1DS (aged 4.6-15.4 years) in stable treatment with ketogenic diet from a variable time underwent a specific and standardized speech and language assessment battery.

resultsAll patients showed deficits with different degrees of impairment in multiple speech and language areas. In particular, orofacial praxis, parallel and total movements were the most impaired in the oromotor domain; in the speech domain patients obtained a poor performance in the diadochokinesis rate and in the repetition of words that resulted as severely deficient in seven out of eight patients; in the language domain the most affected abilities were semantic/phonological fluency and receptive grammar.

conclusionsGLUT1DS is associated to different levels of speech and language impairment, which should guide diagnostic and therapeutic intervention. Larger population data are needed to identify more precisely a speech and language profile in GLUT1DS patients.

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dysarthriaGLUT 1 transporter deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS)languageoral motorspeech

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