A study of familial stuttering

✍ Scribed by Cristiane Moço Canhetti-Oliveira; A. Richieri-Costa

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 112 KB
• Volume: 140A
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1552-4825
• DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31320

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Here we study 13 families with stuttering. Of the 13 families, 9 were persistent stutterers and 4 were recovered stutterers. In the 9 families with persistent stuttering, 24 were male and 10 were females. Of the 4 families with recovered stutterers, 17 were male and 3 were female. Of the 17 males, 12 were persistent stutterers and 5 recovered after adolescence. All females were recovered stutterers. We conclude with a short discussion of recent molecular studies. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.