Mental retardation and developmental delay
Subtitle: genetic and epigenetic factors
By: Moyra Smith
Contributors: Arfin, Stuart M; Lott, Ira T
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Mental retardation -- Etiology; Mental retardation -- Genetic aspects; Developmental disabilities -- Etiology; Developmental disabilities -- Genetic aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-300) and index
Table of contents: title: Science, society, and mental retardation: a history; title: Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, maturation, and function: insights into learning and memory; title: Structural brain anomalies and neural tube defects; title: Mental retardation associated with dysmorphology, growth retardation, or overgrowth; title: Mental retardation associated with other neurological defects; title: Mental retardation that develops after a period of normal cognition; title: Non-syndromic mental retardation, autism, and language deficits; title: Genomics, functional genomics, and epigenetics; title: Establishing a diagnosis and determining etiology; title: The value of genetic diagnosis: applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment