Neurodevelopmental dysfunction and specific learning disabilities in school-aged twins
| Autor: | M. Syrenicz, W. Wieczorek, B. Garanty-Bogacka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Developmental Disabilities Health Status education Twins Infant Premature Diseases Fluency Sex Factors Pregnancy Risk Factors medicine Familial predisposition Diseases in Twins Humans Genetic Predisposition to Disease Psychiatry Child Social Behavior Genetics (clinical) Fine motor Retrospective Studies Language Disorders School age child business.industry Learning Disabilities Age Factors Infant Newborn Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Socioeconomic Factors Learning disability Low APGAR scores Female medicine.symptom Psychomotor Disorders business Infant Premature |
| Zdroj: | Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae. 47(3-4) |
| ISSN: | 0001-5660 |
| Popis: | The frequency of the developmental dysfunction and specific learning disabilities were assessed in the retrospective study in the group of 56 school-aged twins. The relationships between genetic, perinatal and social factors and learning disability were also determined. It was found that 12.5% of twins had learning disabilities. The most common neurodevelopmental dysfunction were language disorders, poor graphomotor fluency and poor fine motor dexterity. It was also found that educational difficulty were associated with prematurity, low Apgar scores, neonatal complications and familial predisposition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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