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Mental retardation : some recent developments in the study of causes and social effects of this problem /
Mental Retardation summarizes some developments in the study of the causes and social effects of mental retardation. The problem of definition and recognition is emphasized, along with its relationship to frequency and to the changes that have occurred in the natural history and prevalence of mental...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Published for the Institute for Research into Mental Retardation by Pergamon Press,
1968.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Institute for Research into Mental Retardation. Occasional paper ;
no. 1 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Mental Retardation: Some Recent Developments in the Study of Causes and Social Effects of this Problem; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Mental Retardation; No Immediate Danger of Decline of National Intelligence; The Need for Information; Prevalence of Mental Retardation; Causes of Mental Retardation; Chemical Disorders; Possibilities of Treatment; Other Enzyme Defects; Recessive Heredity; Children of the Mentally Retarded; Mendelian Inheritance; Consanguinity; Detection of Carriers; Significance of Carrier State; Direct Transmission; Mutations
- A Hereditary Deformity of Head and HandsParental Age; Chromosome Studies; Abnormalities of Sex Chromosomes; The Barr Body; Turner's Syndrome; Down's Syndrome; Human Mosaics; Malformation of the Nervous System; Hydrocephalus, Spina Bifida and Anencephaly; Blood Groups and Mental Retardation; Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation; Twins; Birth Hazards; Potential and Achievement; Research in Rehabilitation; Cultural Retardation; The Brooklands Experiment; The Need for Further Effort; Further Reading