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Specific language impairment versus Landau‐Kleffner syndrome
Author(s) -
Billard Catherine,
Fluss Joel,
Pinton Florence
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02213.x
Subject(s) - specific language impairment , epilepsy , aphasia , psychology , electroencephalography , language impairment , audiology , language disorder , developmental psychology , neuroscience , medicine , cognition
Summary The occurrence of sleep electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities in some children with specific language impairment (SLI), the various forms of language dysfunction patterns seen in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS), and finally the acquired aphasia in Landau‐Kleffner syndrome (LKS) indicate a large spectrum of interactions between language and epilepsy. As such, the question is whether SLI and LKS should rather be considered along a continuum or as two entirely distinct entities. In addition, the rationale for using antiepileptic medications in rare forms of SLI is discussed.