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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:

PR2.1178, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1178
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: mentally defective; facial weakness; cerebral haemorrhage; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.1435, 1929-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1435
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; hemiparesis; mental deficiency; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929-1956

PR2.1453, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1453
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; and physical disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.1464, 1943-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1464
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; vomiting; and mental backwardness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1945

PR2.1639, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1639
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 7 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: mongolism; and mental disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.1671, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1671
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: slow mental development; birth injury; and cerebral lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.1682, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.1687, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1687
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; spastic paresis; and mental defect. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.1717, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1717
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: mental defect; and neuro-degenerative cerebral disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.1723, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1723
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; fits; hemiparesis; birth injury; epilepsy; and haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943