Abstract
The authors present preliminary findings on the effects of surgery on the development of early nonverbal social communication skills in eight children with intractable infantile spasms. After a mean follow-up of 15.2 months, there was no statistically significant change in the post-surgical nonverbal communication behavior of these children beyond the expected developmental change. Implications of these findings for the developmental impairment associated with infantile spasms are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 499-506 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 6 |
State | Published - 1992 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Neuroscience(all)