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Intellectual Disability

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.14077, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14077
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: mental and physical backwardness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14165, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14165
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, x-ray films, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: fracture dislocation of spine; spinal injury; mentally defective; and cauda equina syndrome. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14387, 1954-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14387
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: personality disturbance; retarded intellectual and emotional development; extra-pyramidal motor syndrome; and post-encephalitic residual lesions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1962

PR2.14421, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14421
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; encephalitis; amentia; and mentally defective. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14428, 1954-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14428
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: meningocoele; hydrocephalus; subdural hygroma; wound infection; and backwardness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1961

PR2.14474, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14474
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: retarded physical and mental development; bilateral ptosis; and speech disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14496, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14496
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy of mental deficiency; seizures; birth injury; clumsiness; hypotonia; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14526, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14526
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: backwardness; and stammer. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14554, 1954-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14554
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: chronic mastoid pain; cerebralspinal otohrrea; dural defect; mentally retarded; retention of urine; and hypertelorism. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1958

PR2.14602, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14602
Scope and Contents

Reports, note, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: brain injury; head injury; and intellectual defects. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956