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P11.11 Inflectional morphology in prematurely born preschool children
S78 slowly with marked acceleration between 4 and 6 years. At 8 years, non-verbal intelligence (WISC-IV,PRI=99) and language skills normalized. Semantic-pragmatic difficulties persisted together with mild autistic features although the Social Responsiveness Scale ranged within normal limits (TScore <60). No specific genetic syndrome was found. MRI at 14 months showed delayed myelination (normal at 8 years). The severity of the autistic syndrome and its marked improvement were unlike what can be sometimes observed in congenital blindness. Some autistic children may “outgrow” their symptoms, but their underlying or associated neurological problems and detailed follow-up are exceptionally reported. A combination of progressively improving multimodal central dysfunction and peripheral visual deficit probably explain the late development of social, language and emotional competences. P11.10 Premature birth and language development: Two morphologies ˇ M. Lencek c´ Klaric´ 1 . 1 General County ˇ 1 , Z. Kolundzi ˇ c´ 1 *, A. Simi Hospital Pozega, Croatia ˇ The research data showed that lower scores of perinatal measures of the prematurelly born chlidren can be connected to the lower scores that they achieve on the early language variables and also to their subsequent reading and writing skills. The aim of this research is to describe some features of morphology and syntax, meaning language development in prematurelly born children and relations of the early development with performance on morphosytnactic tasks. The regression analysis of impact of perinatal factors on morphosyntactic knowledge has shown that these measures have statistically significant predictivity for language. Gestational age belongs to the most significant predictors for the variables of derivational morphology and other variables that describe morphosyntax. The results confirm and point to the increased risk at prematurelly born children for inappropriate level of language, more percise, morphosyntactic abilities, measured in the school period. As, along with biological features, many nonbiological factors significantly contribute to language development, the outcomes of premature birth in the segment of language development can be very diverse (Bishop, 2000). The aim of the work is to emphasise the premature birth as a possible risk factor for development of language impairments and also to elaborate different strategies of decreasing the risk for inappropriate language knowledge. The necessity of speech and language treatments for prematurelly born children in the area of reading and writing will also be discussed. P11.11 Inflectional morphology in prematurely born preschool children ˇ c´ Klaric´ 1 . 1 General County D. Blazi ˇ c´ 1 *, A. Simi ˇ 1 , Z. Kolundzi Hospital Pozega, Croatia ˇ Inflectional morphology is a solid indicator of the level of the morphological knowledge in preschool children. Unsufficient morphological knowledge can indicate lower level of language abilities and a risk of learning difficulties occurrence. Successful coping with the morphology depends on frequency, voice change complexity, peceptive observability and the meaning of morphology in language. Negative effect on normal morphological knowledge can be result of different factors and the most important one is premature birth. According to the results of the research, the connection between premature birth and weak morphological knowledge
Poster sessions is in the lower gastation age and birth mass, as well as the presance of perinatal complications. This research will collect data on language knowledge and inflectional morphology on nouns and pseudowords in groups of prematurely born children and children born on time, before they start attending primary school. The results of the analisys of varinace confirm lower level of morphological knowledge in premeturely born group. Accorning to the characteristic of morphological knowledge, prematurely born examinees were more similar to the chonologicaly younger children which were born on time. We are talking abot seven year old children so we can expect some difficulties in reading and writing. The results shows the necessity of early detection of language difficulties in the population of prematurely born children. In these cases, therapy would provide adequate language development as a necesary factor in learning the school matter. P11.12 Neurological findings in autistic children Health S. Saltik1 *, S. Basgul1 , M. Surucu1 . 1 Istanbul Goztepe ¨ Ministery Education and Researching Hospital, Turkey Background: Children with autistic spectrum disorders show some neurological problems which are relevant for the treatment and the course of the disorder. The aim of our study is to assess the neurological findings and analyse some risk factors of neurological disorders in autistic children. Methods: We obtained the neurological reassessment of 74 children whose diagnosed autism, aged between 3 and 18 years old, in our neurologic and psychiatric departments. Neurological evaluation included history, clinically examination and sleep EEG, cranial MRI, metabolic screening as indicated. Results: Eighty percent of patients were male. Majority of children (85%) were term born. Birth weights of the patients were below 2500 grams in 9.4% of patients and above 3500 grams in 27% of patients. Neurological findings were motor problems in 12 patients (16.2%), seizure attacks in 21 patients (28.3%) (febrile seizures:7 cases, epilepsy: 14 cases), myopathy in 1 patient and tuberous sclerosis in 1 patient. None of the patients has suspected and diagnosed as metabolic disorder. Findings of cranial MRIs that were performed in 38 patients were assessed as normal in 28 cases (73.6%) and as abnormal in 10 cases (26.3%). Forty six patients had sleep EEG recordings and results of them were normal in 34 (73.9%) cases, abnormal in 12 (26%) cases. Conclusion: Autism may accompany many neurologic disorders. In such a case various new approaches and treatments can be discussed. Risk factors of the neurological disorders should be evaluated carefully in autistic patients. P11.13 The evaluation of premature children admitted to our pediatric neurology clinic between December 2002 and September 2009 1 ¨ *, S. Uysal1 . 1 Istanbul University Cerrahpa¸sa N. Eke1 , O. Unver Medical School, Turkey
In this study we enrolled 532 children with a history of prematurity who were admitted to our pediatric neurology clinic between december 2002 and september 2009. They were evaluated according to the age on admission, the use of assisted reproductive techniques, the presence of multiple pregnancies, the cause of prematurity, the duration of hospitalization, the medical problems during hospitalization and the results of Denver developmental screening test. The aim of the study is to determine the risk factors for a bad neurological outcome in premature children.
Poster sessions is in the lower gastation age and birth mass, as well as the presance of perinatal complications. This research will collect data on language knowledge and inflectional morphology on nouns and pseudowords in groups of prematurely born children and children born on time, before they start attending primary school. The results of the analisys of varinace confirm lower level of morphological knowledge in premeturely born group. Accorning to the characteristic of morphological knowledge, prematurely born examinees were more similar to the chonologicaly younger children which were born on time. We are talking abot seven year old children so we can expect some difficulties in reading and writing. The results shows the necessity of early detection of language difficulties in the population of prematurely born children. In these cases, therapy would provide adequate language development as a necesary factor in learning the school matter. P11.12 Neurological findings in autistic children Health S. Saltik1 *, S. Basgul1 , M. Surucu1 . 1 Istanbul Goztepe ¨ Ministery Education and Researching Hospital, Turkey Background: Children with autistic spectrum disorders show some neurological problems which are relevant for the treatment and the course of the disorder. The aim of our study is to assess the neurological findings and analyse some risk factors of neurological disorders in autistic children. Methods: We obtained the neurological reassessment of 74 children whose diagnosed autism, aged between 3 and 18 years old, in our neurologic and psychiatric departments. Neurological evaluation included history, clinically examination and sleep EEG, cranial MRI, metabolic screening as indicated. Results: Eighty percent of patients were male. Majority of children (85%) were term born. Birth weights of the patients were below 2500 grams in 9.4% of patients and above 3500 grams in 27% of patients. Neurological findings were motor problems in 12 patients (16.2%), seizure attacks in 21 patients (28.3%) (febrile seizures:7 cases, epilepsy: 14 cases), myopathy in 1 patient and tuberous sclerosis in 1 patient. None of the patients has suspected and diagnosed as metabolic disorder. Findings of cranial MRIs that were performed in 38 patients were assessed as normal in 28 cases (73.6%) and as abnormal in 10 cases (26.3%). Forty six patients had sleep EEG recordings and results of them were normal in 34 (73.9%) cases, abnormal in 12 (26%) cases. Conclusion: Autism may accompany many neurologic disorders. In such a case various new approaches and treatments can be discussed. Risk factors of the neurological disorders should be evaluated carefully in autistic patients. P11.13 The evaluation of premature children admitted to our pediatric neurology clinic between December 2002 and September 2009 1 ¨ *, S. Uysal1 . 1 Istanbul University Cerrahpa¸sa N. Eke1 , O. Unver Medical School, Turkey
In this study we enrolled 532 children with a history of prematurity who were admitted to our pediatric neurology clinic between december 2002 and september 2009. They were evaluated according to the age on admission, the use of assisted reproductive techniques, the presence of multiple pregnancies, the cause of prematurity, the duration of hospitalization, the medical problems during hospitalization and the results of Denver developmental screening test. The aim of the study is to determine the risk factors for a bad neurological outcome in premature children.