Impaired oral-motor function in children with Down's syndrome: a study of three twin pairs.
Three twin births occurring within 18 months in Oxfordshire, in which a girl with Down's syndrome was twin to an unaffected boy, provided an opportunity for a closely matched comparison of ratings on the Schedule for Oral Motor Assessment, which examines oral-motor function in a systematic and reliable way. A detailed description of the video-recording of one twin pair is included. This illustrates abnormalities of oral-motor function which may occur generally in Down's syndrome, as suggested further by a numerical tabulation of the differences found between the twins.
Spender
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Q
St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
Dennis
J
J
Stein
A
A
Cave
D
D
Percy
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E
Reilly
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S
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology