Neuropediatrics 2006; 37 - TP93
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945686

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1 (NF1)

H Waisburg 1, PM Taub 1, M Cuevas 1, P Breyter 1, E Hammermüller 1, C Procak Psaros 1
  • 1Hospital de Pedriatric Juan. P. Garrahan, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Objectives: Describe development of executive functions in comparison to verbal functions, specifying the neurocognite etiology of the learning disorder.

Methods: Sample: 15 children between 8 and 14 years old. Assessment Instruments: Stanford Binnet-IV Ed. Test of Intelligence; VMI Test; TOMAL/Test of Memory and Learning; Stroop; D2; WCST/Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Rey-Ostereich. Investigation Design: descript. Correlat., transv., statistical analysis SPSS 11.5

Results: Cronological age mean (Media) X=120 months; visomotor maturation age (Media) X=67 months. Cronological age-visomotor age p=0.055. Scaled score (X: 50 D/s±10): General Pc. Md=84– (64%) normal, (20%) exhibit a slight deficit. Pc. Verbal. X=45; Pc. Abstracto/Visual X=42, Pc. Logico/Matemát. X=40; Pc. Mem. General X=40; Pc. Mem. Sec. Verbal Palabras X=32, Pc. Mem. Sec. Objetos X=40, Pc. Mem. Sec. Pares de palabras X=24; Pc. Mem. Abstracta/Visual X=19; Pc. Mem. Sec. Visual X=46; Pc. Mem. Imitación Manual X=37; Pc. Stroop Pal. X=39, Pc. Stroop Color X=44, Pc. Stroop Pal/Col X=35, Pc. Fig. Rey Copia X=7, Pc. Fig. Rey Memoria X=6, Pc. ATención Sostenida X=19, Pc. Concentración X=19, Pc. Resp. Perseverat X=27, Pc. Errores. Persev. X=22, Pc. ET X=38, Pc. Resp. Conceptuales X=59.

Conclusion: Deficits in Executive Functions (Immediate Sequential Verbal and Nonverbal Memory; Viso-motor coordination, Abstract Visual Reasoning, Sustained and Selective Attention and Information Processing) were observed in children with normal and borderline IQs. Psychoeducational interventions will be undertaken to prevent learning disabilities.