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Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Central Auditory Disorders in Children

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Clinical symptoms and the results of wide variety of medical examinations in LKS are precisely described in this chapter. Clinical symptoms include statistical data of this syndrome Overall results are derived from 1) nationwide survey of LKS planned and performed by the author in 2009, 2) results of the preceding literatures of many predecessors and 3) the author’s clinical experiences. This chapter is the core of this book. The author employed wide variety of basic to advanced technology and described the results of them.

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  1. Tokyo Metropolitan Tobu Medical Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Tokyo, Japan

    Makiko Kaga

  2. National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

    Makiko Kaga

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Kaga, M. (2021). Diagnostic Paradigms. In: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Central Auditory Disorders in Children. Modern Otology and Neurotology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1479-6_3

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