Sentences with phrase «retardation syndrome»

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If your child is diagnosed with autism, Down Syndrome, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, or other condition of developmental delay, it may be more difficult to train him or her to use a toilet.

Scientists have discovered why a single mutated protein can lead to serious mental retardation in men with a common genetic disorder called fragile - X syndrome: The healthy protein is essential for establishing during childhood the adult pattern of connections between nerve cells in the brain.

Other proposed changes run the gamut from eliminating the term «mental retardation» — to be replaced with a new «intellectual disability» category — to introducing diagnoses such as «psychosis risk syndrome» and «mild neurocognitive disorder,» which are designed to catch patients in the early stages of a disorder.

These mutations have been linked to rare developmental diseases such as achondroplasia, or «dwarfism», and Costello syndrome, a condition that involves skin deformities and mental retardation.

Fetal alcohol syndrome, caused by heavy drinking during pregnancy, can cause mental retardation, poor growth and sometimes physical defects.

Statistically significant hazard ratios for specific groups of psychiatric disorders were found for schizophrenia and psychoses (1.27, 1.16 - 1.38), affective disorders (1.32, 1.25 - 1.39), anxiety and other neurotic disorders (1.37, 1.32 - 1.42), mental and behavioural syndromes including eating disorders (1.13, 1.04 - 1.24), mental retardation (1.28, 1.17 - 1.40), mental development disorders including autism spectrum disorders (1.22, 1.16 - 1.28), and behavioural and emotional disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)(1.40, 1.34 - 1.46), when compared with rates in naturally conceived children.

Several studies in Brazil, where up to 75 per cent of clandestine abortions involve misoprostol, suggest the drug causes birth defects such as fused joints, growth retardation and a condition known as Möbius syndrome, which is characterised by paralysis of the face.

Fragile X syndrome is the result of genetic mutations that eliminate a protein called fragile X mental retardation protein.

Craig Heller, co-director of Stanford University's Down Syndrome Research Center in California, says this study makes one thing clear: «Learning disabilities and mental retardations that were considered permanent are treatable.»

Fragile X syndrome typically occurs when the Fragile X Mental Retardation (FMR1) gene on the X chromosome is epigenetically silenced.

People with Fragile X syndrome — the most common inherited type of mental retardation — lack a protein called FMR1 because the gene for FMR1 is laden with extra DNA.

While she was there, the team discovered a gene that played an important role in Rubinstein - Taybi syndrome, a genetic disease that can cause skeletal abnormalities and mental retardation in patients.

A startling new study of fragile X syndrome — the most common cause of inherited mental retardation as well as a leading genetic cause of autism — indicates that not only can malformed nerves be repaired but that behavior can be restored to normal, or nearly so.

In addition to cognitive problems, patients with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR)-- which includes fragile x syndrome (ScienceNOW, 24 May 2007)-- may also suffer from epilepsy, macrocephaly (an enlarged head), and reproductive defects.

Dorota Hoffman Zacharskaa and colleagues report a study done on report families presenting different and intrafamilial heterogeneous epileptic phenotypes accompanied by migraine, GEFS +, DS, Epilepsy and Mental Retardation Limited to Females (EFMR) of non-classical phenotype and West Syndrome (WS) with atypical course.

For example, the genetic disorder Fragile X syndrome — a common cause of both mental retardation and autism, directly affects the production of Arc in neurons.

Albinism, Arthrogryposis Renal Dysfunction Cholestasis Syndrome, Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Congenital Nuclear Cataract, Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome 2, Breast Cancer, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 1, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 2, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 3, Congenital Chloride Diarrhea, Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome Finnish Type, Down syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Epidermolysis bullosa, Hypoparathyroidism retardation dysmorphism syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Neurogenetic and neurometabolic disorders, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal muscular atrophy, Thalassemia, Adolescent nephronophthisis, Infantile nephronoSyndrome, Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Congenital Nuclear Cataract, Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome 2, Breast Cancer, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 1, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 2, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 3, Congenital Chloride Diarrhea, Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome Finnish Type, Down syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Epidermolysis bullosa, Hypoparathyroidism retardation dysmorphism syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Neurogenetic and neurometabolic disorders, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal muscular atrophy, Thalassemia, Adolescent nephronophthisis, Infantile nephronoSyndrome 2, Breast Cancer, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 1, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 2, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic 3, Congenital Chloride Diarrhea, Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome Finnish Type, Down syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Epidermolysis bullosa, Hypoparathyroidism retardation dysmorphism syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Neurogenetic and neurometabolic disorders, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal muscular atrophy, Thalassemia, Adolescent nephronophthisis, Infantile nephronoSyndrome Finnish Type, Down syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Epidermolysis bullosa, Hypoparathyroidism retardation dysmorphism syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Neurogenetic and neurometabolic disorders, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal muscular atrophy, Thalassemia, Adolescent nephronophthisis, Infantile nephronosyndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Epidermolysis bullosa, Hypoparathyroidism retardation dysmorphism syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Neurogenetic and neurometabolic disorders, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal muscular atrophy, Thalassemia, Adolescent nephronophthisis, Infantile nephronosyndrome, Joubert syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Neurogenetic and neurometabolic disorders, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal muscular atrophy, Thalassemia, Adolescent nephronophthisis, Infantile nephronosyndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Neurogenetic and neurometabolic disorders, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sickle cell anemia, Spinal muscular atrophy, Thalassemia, Adolescent nephronophthisis, Infantile nephronophthisis

Roifman Syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by growth retardation, cognitive delay, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and antibody deficiency.

Aberrant dendrite organization is a typical trait of human syndromes leading to mental retardation.

Its impairment during pregnancy or early childhood, as a result of exposition to pathogens, toxic agents or as a consequence of genetic mutations, leads to severe neurological deficits including mental retardation, autistic syndromes and some psychiatric disorders.

These so - called cohesinopathies (e.g. Roberts syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome) are congenital birth defects with widely ranging symptoms, which usually include craniofacial / upper limb deformities as well as mental retardation.

High amounts of oxalates have also been found in persons with a metabolic disorder called Zellweger syndrome, which causes the reduction or absence of an intracellular organelle called peroxisome, leading to mental retardation and severe metabolic problems.

The combination therapy of GH and IGF - I might be beneficial in growth retardation, in certain specific subgroups of critically ill or catabolic patients and in the treatment of GH - deficient subjects with the metabolic syndrome and / or manifest diabetes.

I wouldn't call it retardation, but there are various causes; dogs affected by tongue hanging out syndrome are usually not affected that badly and live normally.

Organ transplant (other than corneal), untreated Hepatitis C, kidney failure or dialysis, amputation due to diabetic complications, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, mental retardation, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease, Downs's syndrome, cystic fibrosis or Huntington's disease?

Assisted the speech and language pathologist at [company name] provide therapy one - on - one and in small groups for children (3 to 10 years old) with autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, mental retardation and children with limited verbal skills.

My Child is dealing with (Select One) Adjustment Disorder Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Antisocial Personality Disorder Anxiety Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Spectrum Disorder Behavioral Disorders Bipolar Disorder Borderline Intellectual Functioning Conduct Disorder Depressive Disorder Developmental Disability Enuresis / Encopresis Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) Gender Identity Disorder Impulse Control Disorder Intermittent Explosive Disorder Major Depression with Psychotic Features Mild Mental Retardation Mood Disorder Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Personality Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Psychotic Disorder Reactive Attachment Disorder Schizoaffective Disorder Schizophrenia Seizure Disorder Sexual Behavior - Problematic Sexually Reactive Victim of Abuse (Sexual, Physical, and / or Emotional) Youth Who Have Sexually Reactive Behaviors

Today the organization provides job training and placement for about 400 adults with Down's syndrome, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities.