title: Developmental dyspraxia in a family with X-linked mental retardation (Renpenning syndrome).
abstract: This paper describes the existence of severe developmental speech dyspraxia in a member of a family that is typical of other reports of X-linked mental retardation without physical abnormality (Renpenning syndrome). Other family members have evidence of motor or speech dyspraxia. Other reports of X-linked mental retardation have mentioned "verbal disability", which suggests that developmental dyspraxia may be quite common in these families. Developmental dyspraxia of speech is amenable to specific types of intervention: after two years of such intervention our patient's adaptive skills reflect his normal non-verbal intellectual ability, despite persistent speech deficits. This functional improvement shows how important it is to identify dyspraxia in young children, who may otherwise be labelled mentally retarded.
mesh_terms: D001072:Apraxias / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D014960:X Chromosome