Characteristics of specific reading disability in children from a neuropsychological clinic in Mexico City
Salud pública Méx
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44(4): 323-327, jul.-aug. 2002.
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Dans Anglais
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RESUMO
OBJECTIVE:
This report describes the main clinical features associated with specific reading disability (RD) in a group of 778 school-age children studied in a Neuropsychological Clinic in Mexico City. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
The study was performed retrospectively, using data abstracted from clinical records of subjects seen in 1995-1996. Children were mainly from low and middle economic strata and aged between 6 to 12 years. The following data were collected age, gender, diagnosis, school grade, food intake, maternal complications during pregnancy, perinatal and postnatal neurological risk factors, and neurological signs and handedness.RESULTS:
Subjects with RD had a mean age of 102.9 months, were predominantly male (male female ratio, 21). Among the study group, 49.1 of the children were diagnosed with RD of a visuo-sensory-motor type, and 75.1 were from early school years (1st to 3rd grades); 27.6 showed evidence of malnutrition. A previous history of language disorders (49.2), and a high frequency of perinatal risk factors and neurological soft signs were also found.CONCLUSIONS:
This study shows that variables such as gender, food intake, and genetic and neurological risk factors, were associated with reading disabilities in school children.
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Sujet Principal:
Dyslexie
Type d'étude:
Etude d'étiologie
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Étude observationnelle
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Facteurs de risque
Limites du sujet:
Adulte
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Enfant
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
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Grossesse
Pays comme sujet:
Mexico
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Salud pública Méx
Thème du journal:
Santé publique
Année:
2002
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Mexique
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Instituto de la Comunicación Humana/MX
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