Mental retardation

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Gulati, Sheffali ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Global developmental delay; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIOLOGY; RECURRENCE RISK; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037294268     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02723745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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