Clinical epidemiology of mental retardation in Gia Sang precinct, Thai Nguyen province
- Author:
Nghi Viet Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
mental retardation
- MeSH:
Mental Retardation;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;263(9):26-29
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A study on the clinical epidemiology and interview of 8965 persons shown that there were 44 cases of mental retardation such as language and psychomotor retardation and difficulty in learning and working. The mental retardation related significantly with the health of pregnant women (bacterial and viral infection, poor nutrition), complications in labour (premature), obstetric interventions (forceps, suffocation), impacts after birth (meningitis, encephalitis, malnutrition, defects, epilepsy, down)
