A CORRELATED FLUCTUATION OF LANGUAGE AND EEG ABNORMALITIES IN A CASE OF THE LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME

Despite growing interest in the Landau-Kleffner syndrome there have be en few reports dealing with language disorders in recent years. The au thors present a clinical case of a child with Landau-Kleffner syndrome focusing particulary on the relationship between language disorders a nd electroencephalographic abnormalities. The authors emphasize that t he language disorders primarily affect the receptive sphere and that t here seems to be a relationship between abnormalities during sleep wit h a deterioration in verbal comprehension.