objecitve: there have been contradictory findings on the relationship between socioeconomic status (ses) and child development although a wide range of results indicates that ses is associated with child development outcomes. the present study intended to define the relationship between ses and child development in tehran kindergartens. methods: this cross-sectional survey studied 1036 children...

Objective: To make evidence-based recommendations concerning the evaluation of the child with a nonprogressive global developmental delay. Methods: Relevant literature was reviewed, abstracted, and classified. Recommendations were based on a four-tiered scheme of evidence classification. Results: Global developmental delay is common and affects 1% to 3% of children. Given yields of about 1%, ro...

Objective: To make evidence-based recommendations concerning the evaluation of the child with a nonprogressive global developmental delay. Methods: Relevant literature was reviewed, abstracted, and classified. Recommendations were based on a four-tiered scheme of evidence classification. Results: Global developmental delay is common and affects 1% to 3% of children. Given yields of about 1%, ro...

Introduction: Over the past two decades, the incidence of cesarean section in most countries has increased.Developmental delay occurs when children do not reach their developmental milestones at the expected time. The main causes of developmental delay are often unknown. Investigation of the prevalence of developmental delay and its effective factors in children from 4 to 12 months old in Pakda...

Background: Developmental delay in preterm infants was estimated to be more common than term infants. Identifying the factors predisposing to developmental delay can help experts and health professionals in this field to prevent developmental delay of the infants, and leads to better management of the condition of them. This study aimed to evaluate and investigate the predisposing factors of de...

OBJECTIVE Developmental impairment is a common problem in children health that occurs in approximately 5-10% of the childhood population. The aim of this study was to determine the etiologic yield of subspecialists' evaluation of young children with developmental disability. MATERIALS & METHODS All children aged between 2 months and 5 years referred over a 15-month period to Hamadan Universit...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, nejad biglari h, jabbehdari j, khayat zadeh s, ahmad abadi f, lotfi a. neurometabolic diagnosis in children who referred as neurodevelopmental delay (a practical criteria, in iranian pediatric patients). iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3):73-81.   objective we aimed to investigate the clinical and para clinical manifestations of neuro metab...