HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE AND INTELLECTUAL PERFORMANCE OF PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
| Autor: | D. Gardner-Medwin, Richard Appleton, J. L. Welch, K. Bushby, P. J. Kelly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Psychometrics Cephalometry Duchenne muscular dystrophy Intelligence Muscular Dystrophies Developmental Neuroscience Reference Values medicine Humans Child Intelligence quotient business.industry Wechsler Scales Macrocephaly Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Craniometry medicine.disease Body Height El Niño Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Etiology Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 33:884-890 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8749 0012-1622 |
| Popis: | The head circumferences of 64 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy were measured and found to be greater than those of a normal population. The patients had relative, and in 12 cases, absolute macrocephaly. 47 of the 64 patients underwent intelligence testing and were found to be significantly intellectually impaired, particularly in verbal and language skills. There was no correlation between head circumference or absolute macrocephaly and intellectual performance. The cause of macrocephaly in these patients is unknown and its relevance to the aetiology of intellectual impairment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy is not yet clear. |
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