Spinelli, M.Rocha, ACDGiacheti, C. M.Richiericosta, A.2014-05-202014-05-201995-02-27American Journal of Medical Genetics. New York: Wiley-liss, v. 60, n. 1, p. 39-43, 1995.0148-7299http://hdl.handle.net/11449/34447Speech/language disorders are common in the fragile X syndrome. [Howard-Peebles, 1979: Am J Hom Genet 31:214-222; Renier et al., 1983: J Ment Defic Res 27:51-59; Sparks, 1984: Birth Defects and Speech-Language Disorders, pp, 39-43; Hanson et al., 1986: Am J Med Genet 23:195-206]. Verbal paraphasias have been considered a rare feature and word-finding difficulties have seldom been reported. Here we report on ten Brazilian patients who were evaluated for speech/language disturbances and found that word-finding difficulties were present in 50% of the cases, which is a slightly higher frequency than that of clear dyspraxia. We suggest, therefore, that word-finding difficulties and verbal dyspraxia can be a common feature within the spectrum of this syndrome. Additional speech findings are discussed. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.39-43engFRAGILE X SYNDROMEFRA-XVERBAL DYSPRAXIAWORD-FINDING DIFFICULTIESLANGUAGE DISORDERSSPECIFIC LANGUAGE DISORDERSArtigo10.1002/ajmg.1320600108WOS:A1995QJ65400007Acesso restrito