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1 online resource (ix, 157 pages) : illustrations |
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Clinics in developmental medicine, 0069-4835 ; no. 187 |
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Clinics in developmental medicine ; no. 187.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1 INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR COMORBIDITIES; Terminology; Features associated with intellectual disability; Reasons for psychiatric and psychological comorbidities; Down syndrome: an illustration of a specifi c aetiological cause of intellectual; Frequent clinical common fi nal pathways; Self-injury; The need for a conceptual shift; Example of multidimensional aetiologically driven developmental and; Conspicuousness by absence; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 2 HETEROGENEITY IN CEREBRAL; Introduction; Terminology; Brain syndromes. |
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Neurological heterogeneity and cerebral palsyPervasive developmental disorders and cerebral palsy; Conclusions; REFERENCES; 3 GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; Symptoms and diagnosis of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; The comorbidities of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Relationship between Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and its comorbidities; Management; REFERENCES; 4 COMORBIDITY IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS:; Impact of classifi cation schemes on comorbidity; Associations with other neurodevelopmental problems; Common disorders of mental health; Associations with brain disorders. |
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General conclusionsREFERENCES; 5 EARLY LANGUAGE DISORDER AS A FREQUENT COMORBIDITY IN MANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG CHILDREN; Preliminary comment regarding comorbidity; Some conditions associated with inadequate language development; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 6 AUTISM AND EPILEPSY: COMORBIDITY, COEXISTENCE OR COINCIDENCE?; Prevalence of epilepsy in autism and of autism in epilepsy; Gender aspects; Diagnostic/differential diagnostic aspects including electroencephalogram; Types of seizures; Electrophysiology; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 7 GENETIC CORRELATES OF PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY. |
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Molecular biology of fragile X syndromeComorbidities of fragile X syndrome; Intellectual disability; Psychosis and fragile X syndrome; Anxiety and fragile X syndrome; Autism and fragile X syndrome; The premutation and fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 8 CHANNELOPATHIES; The primary episodic ataxias; Dravet syndrome and other SCN1A-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies; REFERENCES; 9 INCREASED LONGEVITY AND THE COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED; Comorbidities associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities; Down syndrome; Projected health trends. |
| Summary |
Comorbidities are the co-occurrence of conditions more frequently than would be expected by chance: one may cause the other, share a common cause or be a sign of a single condition. Our growing understanding of the mechanisms underlying many comorbidities helps understand the natural history of these conditions and improve their management. |
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Comorbidity.
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Developmental disabilities.
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Children.
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Child |
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Neurobehavioral Manifestations |
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Developmental Disabilities -- complications |
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Developmental Disabilities |
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Comorbidité.
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Troubles du développement.
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Enfants.
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children (people by age group)
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
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MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
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Children
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Comorbidity
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Developmental disabilities
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Morbidité associée.
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Développement, Troubles du.
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| Added Author |
Bax, Martin.
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Gillberg, Christopher, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Comorbidities in developmental disorders. London : Mac Keith Press, 2010 9781907655005 (OCoLC)668195820 |
| ISBN |
9781907655678 (electronic bk.) |
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1907655670 (electronic bk.) |
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9781907655005 |
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190765500X |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000050242694 |
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AU@ 000053031107 |
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AU@ 000062382745 |
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AU@ 000066762521 |
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DEBBG BV041049188 |
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DEBBG BV043774650 |
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DEBBG BV044102411 |
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DEBSZ 472769669 |
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NZ1 15323586 |
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