Editing Expressive language disorder (section)

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{{Infobox medical condition (new)
| name = Expressive language disorder
| field = [[Pediatrics]] 
[[Speech-Language Pathology]]
| symptoms = Struggle to describe or explain something
| onset = Early Childhood
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| causes = 
| risks = * Family History
* Injury
* [[Brain tumor|Brain Tumor]]
* [[Infection]]
* [[Autism spectrum|Autism]]
| diagnosis = 
| differential = 
| prevention = 
| treatment = Speech and Language Therapy
| prognosis = 
}}
'''Expressive language disorder''' is one of the "specific developmental disorders of speech and language" recognized by the tenth edition of the [[International Classification of Diseases]] (ICD-10). As of the eleventh edition (ICD-11, current 1 January 2022), it is considered to be covered by the various categories of [[developmental language disorder]]. Transition to the ICD-11 will take place at a different time in different countries.

The condition is a [[communication disorder]] in which there are difficulties with verbal and written expression.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Expressive_language_disorder |title=Expressive language disorder |work=The Better Health Channel (BHC) |access-date=2010-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702022441/http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Expressive_language_disorder |archive-date=2010-07-02 }}</ref> It is a [[specific language impairment]] characterized by an ability to use expressive [[spoken language]] that is markedly below the appropriate level for the [[mental age]], but with a [[language comprehension]] that is within normal limits.<ref name="icd">{{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/F80.1 |title= F80.1 Expressive language disorder |work=ICD-10 Version:2010}}</ref> There can be problems with vocabulary, producing complex sentences, and remembering words,<ref name=":1">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001544.htm |title=Expressive language disorder - developmental |encyclopedia= MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia}}</ref> and there may or may not be abnormalities in [[Manner of articulation|articulation]].<ref name="icd" />

Careful diagnosis is also important because "atypical language development can be a secondary characteristic of other physical and developmental problems that may first manifest as language problems".<ref name="McLaughlin 2011">{{cite journal | vauthors = McLaughlin MR | title = Speech and language delay in children | journal = American Family Physician | volume = 83 | issue = 10 | pages = 1183–1188 | date = May 2011 | pmid = 21568252 | url = http://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0515/p1183.html }}</ref>