Histidinemia in preschoolers with communication disorders

  • Denia Beltrán Hospital Pediátrico Pedro Borrás Astorga. Cuba
  • Marcia de la Caridad López Hospital Pediátrico Pedro Borrás Astorga. Cuba
  • Jiovanna Contreras Centro Nacional de Genética Médica. Cuba
  • Daniel Quintana Centro Nacional de Genética Médica. Cuba
  • Lisset Fuentes Centro Nacional de Genética Médica. Cuba
  • Orietta Hernández Centro Nacional de Genética Médica. Cuba
  • Elsa Alonso Centro Nacional de Genética Médica. Cuba
  • Ondina Escalona Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Juan Manuel Márquez. Cuba
  • Estela Morales Centro Nacional de Genética Médica. Cuba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rlog.58688
Keywords: Histidine, Histidinemia, Specific language impairment.

Abstract

Speech disorders are a common the most common causes of the Logopedia and Phoniatry consultation during childhood, point at which the specialist perform the clinic functional examination to find the etiology in order to begin an effective rehabilitation treatment. The specific language impairment and speech are among the speech disorders of unknown cause. Histidinemia is frequently associated with speech disorders. An analytical case-control study was developed in 27 cases with speech disorders and 102 controls. The concentration of histidine in serum of all children was determined by an ultramicroanalytic method. The histidine levels were elevated in the 29.6% of the case group and only in the 1.0% of the control group. The histidine level difference is more significant among between the language impairment group and the control group, while children with dyslalia did not differ significantly with the children with specific language impairment and the control groups. These results showed that histidine levels are likely to be more elevated in children with speech disorders than in the control group.

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Published
2013-11-07
How to Cite
Beltrán D., López M. d. l. C., Contreras J., Quintana D., Fuentes L., Hernández O., Alonso E., Escalona O. y Morales E. (2013). Histidinemia in preschoolers with communication disorders. Revista de Investigación en Logopedia, 3(2), 146-162. https://doi.org/10.5209/rlog.58688
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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013)
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