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Mental retardation can be caused by any condition which impairs development of the brain before birth, during birth or in the childhood years. The three major known causes of mental retardation are Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome and fragile X. The causes can be categorized as follows: ·...
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Information on mental retardation. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. ... Intellectual disability is sometimes referred to as a cognitive disability or mental retardation. ... What causes intellectual disability? Can it be prevented?
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Mental retardation affects about 1 - 3% of the population. There are many causes of mental retardation, but doctors find a specific reason in only 25% of cases. ... Risk factors are related to the causes. Causes of mental retardation can be roughly broken down into several categories:
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Causes of Mental retardation including triggers, underlying medical cause of Mental retardation, risk factors, and what causes Mental retardation. ... Diseases » Mental retardation » Causes...
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Detailed analysis of 1477 causes of Mental retardation symptom, alternative diagnoses and related symptoms. ... Symptoms » Mental retardation » Causes...
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Why does mental retardation occur? As noted earlier, anything that damages and interferes with the growth ... Table 2: Causes of mental retardation ... Some common causes of mental retardation; Downs Syndrome: The human body is made up of billions of cells. Each cell contains 46 thread-like structures called chromosomes.
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Some genetic disorders are associated with mental retardation, chronic health problems and developmental delay. Because of the complexity of the human body, there are no easy answers to the question of what causes mental retardation.
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Mental retardation has been categorized into severe mental retardation where genetics plays a very important role and mild mental retardation, in which genetics in some instances plays a role but in which cultural factors also matter a great deal.
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