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A population-based study of mild mental handicap in children: preliminary analysis of obstetric associations
- Source :
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 34:59-65
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2008.
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Abstract
- One hundred and twenty-nine children in the 8- to 12-year-old age group in Cardiff were ascertained to have mild mental deficiency. Detailed obstetric data were obtained which indicated that nearly 69% of the children were associated with adverse obstetric factors. Fifty-five per cent had the combined pathogenetic risk factors of pre-, peri- and neonatal adversities. Forty-two per cent of the cases had non-optimal perinatal factors and 45% were considered to have prenatal causation. There were four children with chromosomal anomalies. The various adverse obstetric influences are discussed separately.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Peri
Neurocognitive Disorders
Preliminary analysis
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Intellectual Disability
medicine
Humans
Child
Neurologic Examination
Wales
business.industry
Rehabilitation
Infant, Newborn
Wechsler Scales
Infant
Obstetric Labor Complications
Pregnancy Complications
Population based study
Psychiatry and Mental health
Mental deficiency
Neurology
Mild mental handicap
Child, Preschool
Etiology
Brain Damage, Chronic
Female
Neurology (clinical)
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652788 and 09642633
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8eff6dc1bd5469c6f2d0be007f7232ab