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8994696

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
A clinical group composed of 84 twin pairs where one or both twins met stringent psychometric criteria for specific speech-language impairment was compared with 36 twin pairs with no history of speech-language difficulties. Twins with speech-language impairment tended to have more siblings than control twins and were significantly more likely to have an affected parent. Groups were closely similar in terms of length of gestation and mother's antenatal condition, except that maternal toxemia was unusually frequent in the clinical group. Children from the two groups did not differ in terms of Apgar scores or on a composite measure of perinatal hazards. Within the clinical group, MZ pairs with substantial differences in neonatal status did not differ in language outcome. It is suggested that if an association with toxemia can be replicated, this might reflect a common genetic basis for immune disorders and developmental language delay. Perinatal hazard was unrelated to subtype of speech-language impairment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0093-934X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Pre- and perinatal hazards and family background in children with specific language impairments: a study of twins.
pubmed:affiliation
MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't