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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:

PR2.10818, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10818
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.10875, 1952-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10875
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: retarded mental development. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1954

PR2.10882, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10882
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: spastic diplegia; intellectual deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.10937, 1951-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10937
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, newspaper cuttings, photographs, slides, reports, notes, charts, typed article and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 1at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: infantile hemiplegia; birth injury; hemiparesis; retarded mental development; epilepsy; and hemiapraxia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1956

PR2.10975, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10975
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; hyperkinesis; insomnia; and mentally defective. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11062, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11062
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 0. Conditions mentioned include: cranial deformity; backwardness; atrophy; and oxycephaly. Patient not examined.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11101, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11101
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: retarded mental development; vomiting; and opisthotonos. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11157, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11157
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 5 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: severe amentia; birth trauma; mentally deficient; gait disorder; developmental delay; muscular atonia; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11182, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11182
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: developmental delay; mental retardation; microcephaly; spasticity; and weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11214, 1952-1985

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11214
Scope and Contents

Note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: deafness; aphasia; retarded development; and mentally defective. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1985