Background: Transient neonatal hyperthyrotropinemia (TNH) occurs frequently in areas of iodine deficiency and may affect intellectual function and psychomotor performance. Design: A historical cohort study of intellectual development, psychomotor performance, urine iodine and thyroid function tests, performed in 9 years children with documented TNH at birth and control group. Subjects: Eighte...

PURPOSE This study examines changes in developmental profiles of children with language delay over time and the clinical significance of assessment conducted at age 2-3 years. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 70 children (62 male, 8 female), who had visited the hospital because of delayed language development at 2-3 years, and were reassessed at ages 5-6. Language an...

OBJECTIVE Developmental delay is associated with a subsequent diagnosis of learning disability. However, the relationship between the age of reaching infant developmental milestones and later intellectual function within the general population remains unresolved. We hypothesized that earlier attainment of developmental milestones would be associated with better subsequent intellectual performan...

Twelve children and young adults with Shwachman syndrome were compared with their unaffected siblings and with controls suffering from cystic fibrosis in terms of intellectual ability, motor skills, and behaviour. There were highly significant differences in intelligence quotient between those with Shwachman syndrome and the other two groups. Four of the index subjects but none of the control s...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. Fragile X E is associated with X-linked non-specific mild intellectual disability (ID) and with behavioral problems. Most of the known genetic causes of ASD are also causes of ID, implying that these two identities share common genetic bases. We presen...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The study summarizes supportive epidemiological data regarding the true co-occurrence (comorbidity) and course of mental disorders in children with intellectual disability/intellectual developmental disorders (ID/IDD) across the lifespan. RECENT FINDINGS Published studies involving representative populations of children and adolescents with ID/IDD have demonstrated a three t...

The aim of this study was to compare the long-term consequences of refractory epileptic seizures for intellectual functioning in pediatric and adult patients, taking the severity of the epilepsy into consideration. Thirty-four patients, 17 children (mean age 10.2 years) and 17 adults (mean age 24.4 years) were tested twice with the age-appropriate version of Wechsler's Intelligence Scales. The ...

the concept of right (left) quotient (or residual) of an ideal η by anideal ν of an l-subring μ of a ring r is introduced. the right (left) quotients areshown to be ideals of μ . it is proved that the right quotient [η :r ν ] of an idealη by an ideal ν of an l-subring μ is the largest ideal of μ such that[η :r ν ]ν ⊆ η . most of the results pertaining to the notion of quotients(or residual) of ...