Clinical profile of children with developmental delay and microcephaly

Clinical profile of young children with mental retardation and developmental delay in Hong Kong.

OBJECTIVE To report the clinical profile of children with mental retardation and developmental delay diagnosed by the Child Assessment Service. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Child Assessment Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Data pertaining to the children with mental retardation and developmental delay were drawn from an in-house clinical information system in ...

Clinical analysis of 1048 children with developmental delay.

BACKGROUND Children with developmental delay (DD) have a variety of problems in developmental functions. The purposes of this study were to analyze the underlying diseases and risk factors in children with different functional delays. METHODS We collected data on 1048 children who underwent assessments of developmental function, related diseases, and risk factors. All children were classified...

The Effects of Sodium Valproate in Improving Developmental Delay in Seizure-Free Children with Abnormal Electroencephalography

Background: Developmental delay is one of the most common problems of children referred to pediatric neurology clinics. While there are reports on rehabilitation and its effects, limited studies are available to delineate pharmacotherapy of such children. Because many children with developmental delay have abnormal findings in electroencephalography, we aimed to treat a group of these children,...

Developmental Delay & ADHD 1 running head: DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY AND ADHD Developmental Delays in Children with ADHD

Clinical and Molecular Cytogenetic Characterisation of Children with Developmental Delay and Dysmorphic Features.

INTRODUCTION Developmental delay and dysmorphic features affect 1 - 3 % of paediatric population. In the last few years molecular cytogenetic high resolution techniques (comparative genomic hybridization arrays and single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays) have been proven to be a first-tier choice for clinical diagnostics of developmental delay and dysmorphic features. METHODS AND RESULTS In th...