Postmarketing data about the effectiveness of zonisamide in childhood epilepsy was collected from 759 children with various forms of epilepsy (ages 3 months-15 years) to compare the long-term efficacy of zonisamide in the treatment of epilepsy in intellectually normal versus intellectually disabled children. The follow-up period was 6 months-3 years; 291 children (245 intellectually normal, 46 ...

we read with a great interest the article written by davoodbeglou and colleagues entitled “evaluation of hepatitis b infection prevalence in institutionalized intellectually disabled children” which is recently published in your prestigious journal 1 . the authors concluded that hbv infection is more prevalent among institutionalized disabled children and that we should change our health polici...

background: hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection causes chronic infection in human population, with high mortality. one of the high risk communities is mentally retarded children, who are institutionalized. special conditions in these centers predispose children for hbv infection and transmission to healthy people. in this study our objective was to determine the prevalence of hbv infection among ...

Children with an intellectual disability often demonstrate lack of cooperation during dental treatment and require behavioral management. A child with mild intellectual disability can be managed adequately using restraints and medication. However, in cases of profound intellectual disability, dental treatment under general anesthesia is usually required. In cases where the patient is an intelle...

abstract   introduction: one of the most common behavioral problems in children with intellectual disability is physical aggression. physical aggression is described as behaviors such as hitting, kicking, throwing object and threatening with the intent to harm others. physical aggression is related to the different factors such as language skills, which has been examined among intellectually di...

objective: to compare sexual and behavioral puberty problems between intellectually disabled (id) and normal boys in yazd, iran. methods: in the present study, 65 intellectually disabled and 65 normal boys were included. the child behavior check list (cbcl) was used to investigate behavioral problems. in order to study sexual problems, a questionnaire that was designed by the researchers was ap...

Aim. Children with developmental disabilities generally experience more pain than the normal children. Description of pain is generally difficult in children and more so in children with intellectual disabilities. The study aimed at evaluating dental pain in children with intellectual disabilities. Methods. The survey was carried out in an institution caring for intellectually disabled children...