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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em Inglês
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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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Assunto principal:
Dislexia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Gravidez
País/Região como assunto:
México
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Salud pública Méx
Assunto da revista:
Saúde Pública
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
México
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Instituto de la Comunicación Humana/MX
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