METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE SEVERITY OF JUVENILE MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A61B5/476 A61B5/16 

FIELD: medicine, neurology.

SUBSTANCE: it is necessary to detect the logopaedic status; the lesions of sound pronunciation, rhinolalia, general indistinct speech, unsteady tempo, prolonged rhythm, "stumbling" speech, interrupted, fading speech accompanied with myoclonus of soft palate and uvula, prolapse of velum palatinum, myoclonus of tongue, the upper lip and chin being increased at vocal loading show the severity of the prediction. The innovation is efficient due to studying vocal status in children at different stages of the disease mentioned for the purpose to detect specific lesions of speech and, also, factors that favors their development.

EFFECT: higher accuracy of prediction.

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