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Title Causes of child language disorders in patients at KATH, Kumasi, Ghana
Full text http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/1036
Date 2000
Author(s) Osei-Bagyina, Albert
Abstract Convulsion, measles, meningitis and jaundice are predominant causes of disabilities related with child language disorders in patients at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KA TH), Kumasi Ghana. The other notable factors are fever, head injury, Down's syndrome, marasmus, Caesarean operation, prematurity, hypoxia and prolonged delivery. These and othef less significant factors resulted in aphasia (46.2%), hearing-impairment (46%), mental retardation (4.6%) and cerebral palsy (3%). This article makes differential diagnosis of 437 language-disordered patients below age 6 years at KATH and finds out the etiological factors. 7he results are presented and discussed. Keywords: Causation, Differential Diagnosis, Etiological Categories, Causal Factors
Subject(s) Causation; Differential diagnosis; Etiological categories; Causal factors
Language en
Publisher Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Type of publication Technical Report
Identifier Osei-Bagyina, A. Causes of child language disorders in patients at KATH, Kumasi, Ghana. J. of Sci. and Tech., 20(1, 2 and 3):132-138; 0855-0395
Repository Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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