Document Detail


Acquired crossed aphasia in dextral children revisited.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11781052     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In contrast to the estimated low incidence of crossed aphasia in dextral adults (among 1%), crossed aphasia in children has been considered a common finding for almost a century. However, reviewing the literature on crossed aphasia in dextrals (CAD) and its related topics from 1975 onward, we encountered only 5 children in a corpus of 180 cases (2.7%). Critical analysis rendered three of the reported cases ambiguous and hence not suitable to draw potentially relevant conclusions. In this review, the neurobehavioral manifestations of the two representative childhood CAD cases are analyzed and compared with adult CAD and acquired childhood aphasia (ACA). In the light of our findings, which support the position of innate cerebral specialization for language, the long-standing controversy as to whether lateralized hemispheric specialization for language is innate or develops progressively during maturation is briefly discussed.
Authors:
P Marien; P Paquier; S Engelborghs; P P De Deyn
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain and language     Volume:  79     ISSN:  0093-934X     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Lang     Publication Date:  2001 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-01-08     Completed Date:  2002-04-18     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7506220     Medline TA:  Brain Lang     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  426-43     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, General Hospital Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium. petermarien@skynet.be
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aphasia / diagnosis*,  physiopathology*
Brain / physiopathology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Functional Laterality / physiology*
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Severity of Illness Index

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  The effects of scrambling on Spanish and Korean agrammatic interpretation: why linear models fail an...
Next Document:  Mapping from sound to meaning: reduced lexical activation in Broca's aphasics.