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Brain/physiopathology , Epilepsy/physiopathology , Age Factors , Child , Child, Preschool , Electroencephalography , Epilepsy/diagnosis , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
The authors have carried out neurological-and-psychological analysis of children with congenital or acquired hemipareses. The psychological analysis was carried out according to Wechsler's scale for children and, if needed, by means of some other psychological tests. In a comparatively high number of children a lowering of the level of intellectual development was found, as expressed in terms of a low I.Q. This involved mainly children with congenital hemipareses. Moreover, a number of partial C.N.S. dysfunctions was found in these children, in particular a lowering of the visual-motor coordination function, the perception of spatial relations and graphic functions. Dysfunctions of speech of C.N.S. origin were found in five children, and they were more frequent (being as many as four cases) in children suffering from right-sided hemiparesis. In the conclusion of their paper the authors carried out an attempt at interpreting the results obtained and postulated the need of further investigations on these subjects.
