Search for dissertations about: "mentally retarded children"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words mentally retarded children.

  2. 1. Mental retardation in children : an epidemiological and etiological study of mentally retarded children born 1959-1970 in a northern Swedish county

    Author : Hans K:son Blomquist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental retardation; Incidence; Prevalence; Etiology; CNS handicap; Fragile site X chromosome; Maternal phenylketonuria; Late introduced dietary treatment; Intrauterine irradiation;

    Abstract : In an unselected series of mentally retarded children in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden, the annual incidence of children with severe mental retardation (SMR) (IQ < 50) and alive at the age of one year decreased from 5.3 per 1,000 in 1959 - 1963 to 3.1 per 1,000 in 1967 -1970. READ MORE

  4. 2. Growing up with a Chronic Disease : A Survey of Children with PKU in Sweden

    Author : Gunilla Lundstedt; Philip Hwang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; adjustment; chronic disease; coping; intelligence; phenylketonuria; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; klinisk psykologi; Clinical Psychology;

    Abstract : Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn, metabolic disease affecting the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase, which converts phenylalanine to tyrosine. Since 1965, all Swedish patients are treated with a diet from the neonatal period, while patients without treatment become severely mentally retarded. READ MORE