Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-300) and index.
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.
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