Evaluation of factors related to neuropsychological development and language acquisition in patients with Crouzon syndrome / Análise dos fatores relacionados ao desenvolvimento neuropsicológico e à aquisição de linguagem em pacientes com síndrome de Crouzon

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2008

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Objective: To evaluate relevant factors to the neuropsychological development and language acquisition in patients with Crouzon syndrome. Model: Transversal study of patients with Crouzon syndrome diagnosed by clinical genetics examination, who underwent a multidisciplinary team assessment (craniofacial, socioeconomic, neuroradiological, neuropsychological and language evaluations). Setting: Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Universidade de São Paulo (HRAC-USP), Bauru. Participants: Ten patients with Crouzon syndrome accompanied by the craniofacial surgery team of the HRAC-USP, who fulfilled all the inclusion criteria, and underwent clinical, socioeconomic, neuropsychological, language, quality of life and neuroradiological (brain magnetic resonance imaging) assessments. Results: Neuropsychological development and language performance had a statistically significant correlation (p=0,003). However, variables as craniofacial surgery, neuroimaging abnormalities, socioeconomic and quality of life findings did not show any relationship with either neuropsychological or language development. Regarding to quality of life, there was a higher prevalence of pessimism (factor II of the short form of the questionnaire on resources and stress). Conclusions: In the present study, we found a correlation between neuropsychological development and language acquisition.

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linguagem quality of life craniofacial dysostosis language neuropsychology neuropsicologia disostose craniofacial qualidade de vida

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