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Dysorthography

MedGen UID:
1052886
Concept ID:
CN378267
Finding
HPO: HP:6000915

Definition

A specific disorder of spelling. A score on a standardized spelling test is at least two standard errors of prediction below the level expected on the basis of the child's chronological age and general intelligence in the context of scores on reading accuracy and comprehension and on arithmetic that are within the normal range (within two standard deviations from the mean). [from HPO]

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Etiology

Angelelli P, Marinelli CV, De Salvatore M, Burani C
Dyslexia 2017 Nov;23(4):387-405. Epub 2017 Feb 8 doi: 10.1002/dys.1554. PMID: 28177182

Diagnosis

Chiappedi M, DE Bernardi E, Togni R, Baschenis IM, Nonini L, Balottin U, Bejor M
Minerva Pediatr 2018 Apr;70(2):141-144. Epub 2016 Feb 19 doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.16.04364-4. PMID: 26899671
Nascimento FA, Sotero de Menezes MA, Simão CA, Takeshita BT, Blattes da Rocha SF, Kowacs PA
Epileptic Disord 2017 Jun 1;19(2):202-206. doi: 10.1684/epd.2017.0910. PMID: 28593865
Feola A, Marino V, Masullo A, Trabucco Aurilio M, Marsella LT
Clin Ter 2015;166(3):e177-81. doi: 10.7417/CT.2015.1851. PMID: 26152629

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