title: Language and focal brain lesion in childhood.
abstract: Childhood ischemic strokes can lead to problems like hemiplegias, epilepsies, cognitive changes (memory and mathematical solutions), and language ability (reading, writing, and aphasias). The purpose of this study was to evaluate language and its aspects in children with unilateral ischemic stroke and associate them with the age during the event, injured side, and occurrence of epilepsy. Thirty-two children between 8 months and 19 years of age were evaluated. Among them, 21 (65%) had a change in their language skills, there being a connection between age and the time of injury (P < .05). The most impaired aspects were their phonology, semantics, and syntax. In this sample, there was a persistent change in the semantic aspect, which is an alert for the early detection of learning and future development problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Federal University Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. lia.avila@gmail.com lia.avila@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: Rudimar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riesgo
authors.forename: Fleming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pedroso
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldani
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danesi
authors.forename: Josiane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ranzan
authors.forename: Pricila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sleifer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D011379:Prognosis; D012660:Semantics; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult