Characterization of language and phonological working memory in patients with myoclonic astatic epileptic syndrome

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Marisa Tomoe Hebihara Fukuda²  Kellen Kutscher²  Ana Cláudia Figueiredo Frizzo¹  Myrian De Lima Isaac²  Regina Maria França Fernandes¹  Carolina Araújo Rodrigues Funayama¹ 

[1] ,São Paulo University School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryRibeirão Preto SP ,Brazil

关键词: working memory;    language;    epilepsy;    myoclonus;    memória de trabalho;    linguagem;    epilepsia;    mioclonia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2010000100007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The course of myoclonic astatic epileptic syndrome (MAES) is variable and little information is available about cortical functions in the presence of the disease. The objective of the present study was to assess the phonological working memory (PWM) and the verbal language of six patients between 8 and 18 years old, on treatment for at least 5 years, and good control of seizures, diagnosed in the Service of Epilepsy of Hospital of Clinics of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University in Brazil. The Test of Repetition of Meaningless Words was used to assess PWM. Video-recorded of language samples were collected during spontaneous and directed activities for the study of verbal language and pragmatics. A qualitative analysis showed that all patients presented deficits in the execution of the PWM test and only one patient showed poor mastery of all aspects studied. These finds contribute to strategies of treatment for language problems of patients with MAES, focusing on PWA.

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