Worster-Drought syndrome
Template:Short description Template:About Worster-Drought syndrome is a form of congenital suprabulbar paresis that occurs in some children with cerebral palsy. It is caused by inadequate development of the corticobulbar tracts and causes problems with the mouth and tongue including impaired swallowing.<ref name=pmid15344522>Template:Cite journal</ref> A similar syndrome in adults is called anterior opercular syndrome.<ref name=pmid15344522/><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
A 1986 study of a family in which multiple members had Worster-Drought syndrome suggested it might be hereditary.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
A 2000 review of cases classified Worster-Drought Syndrome as a form of cerebral palsy, caused by early damage to the brain, but identified no obvious causes during gestation or birth and found some families with a history of the condition.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The syndrome was named after Cecil Charles Worster-Drought, the doctor who described it in 1956.Template:Citation needed
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- Malcolm Ray McNeil, Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders, New York: Thieme, 1997, p. 407.
- Bianca Specht-Moser, "Die Behandlung des Kausystems in der Kinder- und Jugendneurorehabilitation - Elemente eines Rehabilitationspfades" MS Thesis, Danube University Krems, September 2004 (pdf, German)