Mental retardation is one of the main reasons for referral in paediatric, child-neurological and clinical genetic practice. Often, however, despite extensive investigations, an aetiological ...

Tarpey et al. carry out a large-scale systematic sequencing of the majority of X-chromosome coding exons from 208 families with multiple individuals with mental retardation and a pattern of ...

People with mental retardation were once legally defined with the terms idiot, moron or feeble-minded. But they say the current term, mental retardation isn't acceptable either. Debate continues ...

Mental retardation is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills ("milestones") during childhood, and a significantly below-normal global intellectual ...

Mental retardation is a severe disorder that affects approximately two percent of the general population. Over the last few years, several genes have been identified to cause this disorder, ...

Despite decades of research, mental retardation remains an amorphous concept defined not in black and white but in ever-changing shades of gray. As recently as 40 years ago, the condition was ...

In 1956 Dine 6 found congenital methemoglobinemia in 2 brothers, 1 of whom had mental retardation. The purpose of the present communication is to present further observations on this family (now a ...

At trial, he did not claim mental retardation, and he was sentenced to death. The dispute — and the attention the case has received — stems from Hill's intellectual capabilities.

· Learning disabilities are not the same as mental retardation. By definition, someone with a learning disability has intelligence in the average or above-average range (above 70).

Mental retardation is an enigma. How can we reconcile Genesis 1:31 (“And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good”) ...

Mental retardation of a recruit cannot be attributable to military service and a person cannot be granted any benefits merely because his medical condition could not be detected at the time of ...