title: Atypical language impairment in two siblings: relationship with electrical status epilepticus during slow wave sleep.
abstract: We report the case of a young girl who presented severe learning disabilities in oral and written language related to a continuous spike-waves during slow sleep (CSWS) syndrome. A sleep EEG recording obtained in her younger brother, who presented a clinical pattern suggesting developmental dysphasia, also showed a CSWS syndrome. These two clinical cases underscore the need to look for this syndrome in the siblings of an affected child when learning difficulties appear in a child who previously had normal psychomotor development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHRU Tours, France. julien.praline@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Praline
authors.forename: Marie-Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barthez
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castelnau
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debiais
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Billard
authors.forename: Anne-Gaëlle
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Piller
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Becque
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Toffol
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Autret
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hommet
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D035781:Siblings; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D020919:Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D014796:Visual Perception; D014956:Writing