Smith, Moyra.

Mental retardation and developmental delay : genetic and epigenetic factors / Moyra Smith. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xix, 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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

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 -- Epilogue: The value of genetic diagnosis--Applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment.

9780195174328 (alk. paper) 0195174321 (alk. paper)

2005013749

101247787 DNLM


Mental retardation--Etiology.
Mental retardation--Genetic aspects.
Developmental disabilities--Etiology.
Developmental disabilities--Genetic aspects.
Mental Retardation--genetics.
Child.
Developmental Disabilities--etiology.
Developmental Disabilities--genetics.
Infant.
Mental Retardation--etiology.

RC570 / .S64 2006

616.858 804 2 SMI

2005 O-500 WS 107.5.B4 / S655m 2006