Developmental medicine and child neurology
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Dev Med Child Neurol · May 2013
Intensive dysarthria therapy for younger children with cerebral palsy.
The aim of this study was to investigate if intervention targeting breath support, phonation, and speech rate increases speech intelligibility and participation in the conversational interactions of younger children with dysarthria and cerebral palsy (CP). ⋯ Brief intensive therapy is associated with gains in intelligibility and communicative interactions for some younger children with dysarthria.
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Dev Med Child Neurol · May 2013
Basilar artery strokes in children: good outcomes with conservative medical treatment.
To describe outcomes and outcome predictors in childhood basilar artery stroke (BAS). ⋯ Compared with adults, in childhood BAS death is rare and survivors frequently have good outcomes. Aggressive endovascular interventions may not be justifiable in this population.