Epilepsy is one of the most frequently associated conditions with mental retardation which interferes with the learning process. Vie present study investigates the 1207 cases (Male -8I4, Female-393) registered at NIMH, Secunderabad, over a period of two years. Vie factors studied were the prevalence of epilepsy, degree of mental retardation, aetiology and associated factors. Ten mentally retard...

dyke-davidoff-masson syndrome (ddms) is a syndrome associated with refractory epilepsy. ddms is a rare syndrome characterized by seizures, facial asymmetry, contralateral hemiplegia and mental retardation. the characteristic radiologic features are cerebral hemiatrophy with homolateral hypertrophy of the skull and sinuses. the case was an 18 years old female with seizures, hemiparesis of the ri...

Abstract Introduction Placenta is the maternal–foetal contact zone. The placentas of ‘idiopathic’ intrauterine growth retardation babies may hold the key to the aetiology of growth restriction. It was noted by most workers that in cases of intrauterine growth retardation placentas, there were some abnormal positions of insertion of umbilical cords, placental weight and volume was significantly ...

Mental retardation is a group of cognitive disorders with a significant worldwide prevalence rate. This high rate, together with the considerable familial and societal burden resulting from these disorders, makes it an important focus for prevention and intervention. While the diseases associated with mental retardation are diverse, a significant number are linked with disruptions in epigenetic...

As a result of this observation, and being unable to find much information concerning deaths from cancer 'n mentally retarded patients, we decided to examine all the records of the patients who died from cancer during the past forty years in the Stoke Park Group of Hospitals in Bristol. We selected the forty year period for the following reasons. (a) We wanted to compare the incidence of cancer...

Press ,)q^s *n Mental Retardation. By Gunnar Dybwad. (Columbia University iTxcuiai iveiaiuauuii. uy \juimui 'e?, 1964, $6.) ^?S \T1S book consists of papers selected by the recently retired Executive DJrector the such>onal Association for Retarded Children. They are grouped under headings, to bp r -be famiIy, residential care, the retarded delinquent, and the a u , y P Used 'Pr'nted substantial...

Mental retardation is a general decline in intellectual function that occurs during childhood development and associated with impaired social adaptation. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge parenting styles parents on children mental retardation. research method descriptive cross sectional approach. data collection technique used total sampling 44 respo...

Attention and Distraction There is a substantial literature on attention, the study of which was be­ gun in psychology as the introspective investigation of a mental faculty or power (see Woodworth & Schlosberg, 1954). Thus Titchener sought to measure "attensity," the clearness or vividness of a sensation achiev­ ed by concentrating attention upon it, and from this approach has come the notion ...

Trichobezoar (A hair ball in the stomach), a specimen of which is usually found in pathological museum, occurs almost exclusively in females, and in 80% cases, the patient is mentally retarded, though it can also occur in neurotics and Schizophrenics. Trichobezoar when get blocked usually in the stomach, may give rise to gastroduodenal ulceration leading to haemetemesis, perforation, peritoniti...