Mental retardation and developmental delay : genetic and epigenetic factors /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Moyra.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 317 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics Oxford monographs on medical genetics.
Subject:	Intellectual disability -- Etiology. Intellectual disability -- Genetic aspects. Developmental disabilities -- Etiology. Developmental disabilities -- Genetic aspects. Intellectual Disability -- genetics. Child. Infant. Developmental Disabilities -- etiology. Developmental Disabilities -- genetics. Intellectual Disability -- etiology. Developmental disabilities -- Etiology. Developmental disabilities -- Genetic aspects. Intellectual disability -- Etiology. Intellectual disability -- Genetic aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11198880

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ISBN:	9780198038856 0198038852 9786610843916 6610843910 9780195174328 0195174321 1280843918 9781280843914 0195174321
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Introduction. 1. Science, Society, and Mental Retardation, A History. 2. Neurogenesis, Neuronal Migration, Maturation, and Function: Insights into Learning and Memory. 3. Structural Brain Anomalies and Neural Tube Defects. 4. Mental Retardation Associated with Dysmorphology, Growth Retardation, or Overgrowth. 5. Mental Retardation Associated with Other Neurological Defects. 6. Mental Retardation that Develops After a Period of Norma Cognition. 7. Nonsyndromic Mental Retardation, Autism, and Language Deficits. 8. Genomics, Functional Genomics, and Epigenetics: Relevance to Mental Retardation. 9.
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Moyra. Mental retardation and developmental delay. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2006

Table of Contents:

Science, society, and mental retardation: a history
Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, maturation, and function: insights into learning and memory
Structural brain anomalies and neural tube defects
Mental retardation associated with dysmorphology, growth retardation, or overgrowth
Mental retardation associated with other neurological defects
Mental retardation that develops after a period of normal cognition
Non-syndromic mental retardation, autism, and language deficits
Genomics, functional genomics, and epigenetics
Establishing a diagnosis and determining etiology
The value of genetic diagnosis: applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment
Epilogue: The value of genetic diagnosis
Applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment.

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