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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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The influence of (central) auditory processing disorder on the severity of speech-sound disorders in children

Clinics, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To identify a cutoff value based on the Percentage of Consonants Correct-Revised index that could indicate the likelihood of a child with a speech-sound disorder also having a (central) auditory processing disorder.
Nadia Vilela, Tatiane Faria Barrozo, Luciana de Oliveira Pagan-Neves, Seisse Gabriela Gandolfi Sanches, Haydée Fiszbein Wertzner, Renata Mota Mamede Carvallo   +5 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

La atención a la tartamudez en el contexto universitario/Stuttering care in the university context

Pedagogía y Sociedad, 2023
Introducción: Sobre la atención logopédica a la población con diagnóstico de tartamudez, existe una variada información científica y una práctica enriquecida de manera continua, sin embargo, persiste en la actualidad la presencia de jóvenes ...
Yunia Garcia Manso, Tania Hernández Nodarse, Tamara Beatriz Hernández Ortega   +2 more
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Speech Disorders of the Type of Aphasia after Right Hemisphere Stroke in Right — handed People — a Case Study

Pielęgniarstwo Neurologiczne i Neurochirurgiczne, 2015
Introduction. Aphasia is acquired disorder or loss of language skills, following various types of organic brain lesions, e.g.: a result of stroke, craniocerebral trauma, malignancies.
Jolanta Zielińska
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Development directions of wrist (finger) praxis of preschoolers with speech disorders

Науковий Вісник Південноукраїнського Національного Педагогічного Університету імені К. Д. Ушинського, 2023
The article describes the development problem of wrist (finger) praxis of senior preschool children with speech disorders. Apraxia is a kind of movement disorder where paralysis is not observed.
Moga Nikolay, Medvedev Pavlo
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
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Communicative practices and perceptions towards stuttering people in South Africa

South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Background: A few studies have explored the life experiences of people who stutter. Research has shown that stuttering affects a significant number of people in the population.
Rockie Sibanda, Tlou C. Mothapo
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Modeling speech processing in case of neurogenic speech and language disorders: neural dysfunctions, brain lesions, and speech behavior

Frontiers in Language Sciences, 2023
Computer-implemented neural speech processing models can simulate patients suffering from neurogenic speech and language disorders like aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia of speech, and neurogenic stuttering. Speech production and perception tasks simulated by
Bernd J. Kröger
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