Etiology and the Genetic Basis of Intellectual Disability in the Pediatric Population

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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Main Authors: Višnja Tomac, Silvija Pušeljić, Ivana Škrlec, Mirna Anđelić, Martina Kos, Jasenka Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine Osijek 2017-04-01
Series:Southeastern European Medical Journal
Subjects:
mental retardation
intellectual disability
etiology
submicroscopic chromosome aberrations
genes
Online Access:http://seemedj.mefos.unios.hr/index.php/seemedj/article/view/seemed17115/19

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