Aetiology of learning disability

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 298-301

  Bhate, Soni ^a,b   Wilkinson, Steve ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; fragile X syndrome; intelligence quotient; learning disability; mental retardation

Indexed keywords

TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIRTH INJURY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFECTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENCEPHALITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 33845247772     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.mppsy.2006.08.001     Document Type: Review

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