Severe Mental Retardation in Jordanian Children
作者:
S. JANSON,
A. JAYAKODDY,
A. ABULABAN,
K. ‐H. GUSTAVSON,
期刊:
Acta Pædiatrica
(WILEY Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 79,
issue 11
页码: 1099-1104
ISSN:0803-5253
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11390.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: mental retardation;etiological factors;CNS handicaps
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACT.The etiology of severe mental retardation has not previously been studied in Jordan. In a group of 203 mainly severely mentally retarded children born 1975–1985, we found the etiology to be related to two main factors: (1) sequele from high perinatal morbidity or meningitis in infancy leading to a combination of severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy; (2) a high degree of intermarriage and a high frequency of retarded siblings indicating that genetic causes of MR are common. The results underscore the importance of further development of antenatal and perinatal care, especially for poor people and the need of genetic councellin
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