Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome (SLS) is an inherited autosomal recessive neurocutaneous disorder with congenital ichthyosis, spastic diplegia or quadriplegia and mental retardation. We report a case of Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome with clinical profile (mental retardation, ichthyosis, spastic diplegia) and MRI findings such as seen in multiple sclerosis (MS). So this rare syndrome can be another differen...

A survey of the mentally retarded children with an IQ between 30 and 55 born in a 10-year period (1955-64) and now of school age was carried out in New South Wales. The number of propositi who had a similarly affected sib of the same sex was ascertained; 58 boys had a similarly affected brother(s) and 22 girls had a similarly affected sister(s). It is suggested that the excess of affected broth...

because of its prevalence (ca. 2%), the few therapeutic options that are currently available, and the resulting life-long harm to the affected persons, their families, and society as a whole (1). Persons with an intelligence quotient (IQ) below 70 are considered mentally retarded; milder forms of mental retardation, with IQ between 50 and 70 (overall prevalence ca. 1.5%), are more common than m...

Familial patterns of mental retardation were examined among white and black children in the NINCDS Collaborative Perinatal Project population. Among whites, the mildly retarded children had more affected relatives than did the severely retarded, consistent with the traditional two-group theory of mental retardation. In blacks, where differences in family patterns between the mildly and the seve...

One hundred and eighty three children suffering from mental retardation were studied over a period of 17 months (December’80 April’82). Mental retardation in 101 cases (5 5.2%) was due to preventable causes i.e. tubercular meningitis, birth trauma, encephalitis, cretinism and kernicterus. Majority of them belonged to lower socio-economic group and had no access to medical facilities, therefore ...

background: previous researches have shown that children with autism spectrum disorder and mental retardation have some dysfunctions in attention and inhibition functions. the present study evaluated the performance of attention and response inhibition in autism spectrum disorders, mental retardation and normal children.  methods: the method of this study was ex post factor, so 15 children with...

The change of name of this latest edition of 'Mental Deficiency' is welcome, though it hides a confusing inconsistency of terminology throughout the book. Inevitably it is patchy. Best are clinical descriptions of specific pathologies, and contributions on mental development , and, in its own terms, on counselling the family. Useful too are chapters on aetiology, brain development, examination ...

conclusions the current study indicated that h. pylori infection occurs at a higher rate in patients with down syndrome and mental retardation. this may provide more reasons to control the transmission of h. pylori among them. results the differences between the groups were compared by t-test and x2 test. seropositivity for h. pylori was significantly higher in patients with down syndrome and m...