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Stammering

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
In about sixty per cent of cases of childhood stammering there is a positive family history of stammering or other speech and language difficulties.

Prenatal diagnosis
None

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Medical text written November 1999 by Elaine Christie. BSc. Reg. MRCSLT., Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, British Stammering Association, London, UK. Last updated October 2004 by Karen E Allen, BSc. Reg MRCSLT., Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, British Stammering Association, London, UK.

 

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