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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:

PR2.13565, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13565
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: homonymous hemianopia; hemianaesthesia; impairement of intellectual functions; hypertension; cerebral vascular catastrophe; and alexia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13581, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13581
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; amnesia; memory defect; and intellectual deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.13800, 1953-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13800
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: arterio-venous malformation; focal epileptic seizures; unconsiousness; aphasia; intellectually backward; intracranial haemorrhage; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1963

PR2.13828, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13828
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and feeble minded. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13835, 1954-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13835
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; deafness; and backward. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1965

PR2.13923, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13923
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: paraparesis; mental backawardness; and treated meningo-myelocoele. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14008, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14008
Scope and Contents

Chart, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 32 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: mentally retarded; and hypothyroidism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14028, 1953-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14028
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: multiple cerebral abscess formation; facial weakness; and intellectual impairment. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1955

PR2.14055, 1954-1970

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14055
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; epileptic seizures; and microencephalic idiocy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1970

PR2.14062, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14062
Scope and Contents

Note and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral diplegia; bronchopneumonia; intellectual retardation; epileptic attack; and spastic arms. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955