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Descriptor English: Stuttering
Descriptor Spanish: Tartamudeo
Descriptor tartamudeo
Entry term(s) disfemia espasmódica
Scope note: Trastorno en la fluencia normal y del patrón de tiempo del habla que no es apropiado para la edad del individuo. Este trastorno se caracteriza por repeticiones frecuentes o prolongaciones de los sonidos o sílabas. También pueden participar otros diversos tipos de disfluencias del habla, entre las que se incluyen las interjecciones, palabras rotas, agrupaciones audibles o silentes, circumlocuciones, palabras producidas con exceso de tensión física, y repeticiones monosilábicas de toda la palabra. El tartamudeo puede ocurrir como afección del desarrollo en la niñez o ser un trastorno adquirido que puede estar asociado con INFARTOS CEREBRALES y otras ENFERMEDADES CEREBRALES. (DSM-IV, 1994)
Descriptor Portuguese: Gagueira
Descriptor French: Bégaiement
Entry term(s): Acquired Stuttering
Adult Stuttering
Childhood Stuttering
Developmental Stuttering
Stammering
Stuttering, Acquired
Stuttering, Adult
Stuttering, Childhood
Stuttering, Developmental
Stuttering, Familial Persistent 1
Tree number(s): C10.597.606.150.500.800.750
C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013342
Scope note: A disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech that is inappropriate for the individual's age. This disturbance is characterized by frequent repetitions or prolongations of sounds or syllables. Various other types of speech dysfluencies may also be involved including interjections, broken words, audible or silent blocking, circumlocutions, words produced with an excess of physical tension, and monosyllabic whole word repetitions. Stuttering may occur as a developmental condition in childhood or as an acquired disorder which may be associated with BRAIN INFARCTIONS and other BRAIN DISEASES. (From DSM-IV, 1994)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
DeCS ID: 13729
Unique ID: D013342
NLM Classification: WM 475.7
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/12/02
Stuttering - Preferred
Concept UI M0020643
Scope note A disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech that is inappropriate for the individual's age. This disturbance is characterized by frequent repetitions or prolongations of sounds or syllables. Various other types of speech dysfluencies may also be involved including interjections, broken words, audible or silent blocking, circumlocutions, words produced with an excess of physical tension, and monosyllabic whole word repetitions. Stuttering may occur as a developmental condition in childhood or as an acquired disorder which may be associated with BRAIN INFARCTIONS and other BRAIN DISEASES. (From DSM-IV, 1994)
Preferred term Stuttering
Stuttering, Familial Persistent 1 - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0574763
Preferred term Stuttering, Familial Persistent 1
Stuttering, Developmental - Narrower
Concept UI M0337326
Preferred term Stuttering, Developmental
Entry term(s) Developmental Stuttering
Stuttering, Adult - Narrower
Concept UI M0337324
Preferred term Stuttering, Adult
Entry term(s) Adult Stuttering
Stuttering, Childhood - Narrower
Concept UI M0337325
Preferred term Stuttering, Childhood
Entry term(s) Childhood Stuttering
Stammering - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0020642
Preferred term Stammering
Stuttering, Acquired - Narrower
Concept UI M0337323
Preferred term Stuttering, Acquired
Entry term(s) Acquired Stuttering



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