Mental retardation in childhood: Clinical and diagnostic profile in 100 children

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-248

  Bradinova, I ^a   Shopova, S ^a   Simeonov, Emil ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Developmental delay; Diagnosis; Etiology; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 27144433903     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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