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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:

PR2.19746, 1958-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19746
Scope and Contents

Reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; unconsciousness; epilepsy; and mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1961

PR2.19755, 1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19755
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: diffuse cerebral atrophy; epilepsy; left hemiparesis; and mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.19759, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19759
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; head injury; mental deficiency; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.20064, 1959-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20064
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombophlebitis; intellectual disability; convulsions; and right hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1963

PR2.20579, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20579
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and reports relating to male and female patients from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 and 2 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: microcephaly; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20685, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20685
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; and developmental defect. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20700, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20700
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; extrapyramidal motor disorder; mental retardation; and spasmodic torticollis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20804, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20804
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 9 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: retardation of mental development; and abnormal behaviour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20902, 1959-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20902
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1960