Aetiologic spectrum of mental retardation & developmental delay in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 436-444

  Aggarwal, Shagun ^a   Bogula, Vijay Raju ^a   Mandal, Kausik ^a   Kumar, Rashmi ^b   Phadke, Shubha R ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Developmental delay; Genetic diseases; India; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867158175     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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