Etiology and the Genetic Basis of Intellectual Disability in the Pediatric Population
Intellectual disability/mental retardation (ID/MR) is defined as incomplete mental and cognitive development present from childhood. There are number of pre-natal and post-natal risk factors that can cause ID/MR, but about 50% of all causes are genetic. ID/MR has prevalence of about 2% in the genera...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Faculty of Medicine Osijek
2017-04-01
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Series: | Southeastern European Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://seemedj.mefos.unios.hr/index.php/seemedj/article/view/seemed17115/19 |