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Learning disability against itself: The self-injury/self-harm conundrum [PDF]

, 2007
This is the author's PDF version of an article published in British journal of learning disabilities© 2008. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.comThe article begins with a critical look at the existing literature explaining ...
Lovell, Andy, Andrew Lovell
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Unraveling a Diagnostic Enigma: A TECPR2 Case Solved Through Multi‐Omic Genomics

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT TECPR2 is a key regulator of autophagy, encoded by the TECPR2 gene. Pathogenic variants in this gene have been linked to a rare hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with intellectual disability (HSAN9). We report a teenage female with a syndromic intellectual disability disorder associated with neuromuscular abnormalities.
Teresa Zhao, Andrew P. Fennell, Tanavi Sharma, Katrina M. Bell, Monique Dunstan, Sebastian Lunke, Meagan J. McGrath, Catriona McLean, Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN‐Aus), Alison Yeung, Anna Hackett, Anne Baxter, Ansley Morrish, Ashil Davawala, Azure Hermes, Ben Kamien, Ben Lundie, Carolyn Ellaway, Carolyn Shalhoub, Cas Simons, Cassandra Gray, Cathryn Poulton, Chloe Cunningham, Chris Barnett, Chris Richmond, Christopher Richards, Daniel MacArthur, Daniel Pavlic, Daniella Hock, Daniz Kooshavar, David Amor, David Mowat, Edward Formaini, Elaine Zhang, Ella Wilkins, Ella Zurita, Ellenore Martin, Elly Lynch, Emma Krzesinski, Emma Palmer, Esther Pierini, Evanthia O. Madelli, Francisco Santos Gonzalez, Gareth Baynam, Gunjan Garg, Hamish Scott, Hannah Thomson, Himanshu Goel, Ilias Goranitis, Ira Deveson, Isabella Pfundt, Jacqui Russell, Janine Smith, Jason Pinner, Julia Broadbent, Julie McGaughran, Karin Kassahn, Katherine Lewis, Kaustuv Bhattacharya, Kirsten Boggs, Kirsty West, Kristi Jones, Laura Wedd, Lauren Dreyer, Leah Frajman, Leanne Baxter, Lilian Downie, Lily Loughman, Lisa Bristowe, Lisa Ewans, Louise Cilento, Lucy Kevin, Lyndal Douglas, Madeleine Harris, Maie Walsh, Manisha Chauhan, Margit Shah, Martin Delatycki, Mathew Wallis, Matthew Hunter, Megan Ball, Megan Higgins, Meutia Kumaheri, Michael Fahey, Mike Field, Mohammadreza Hajjari, Natalie Stewart, Natalie Tan, Natasha Brown, Nicole Van Bergen, Noelia Nunez‐Martinez, Oliver Heath, Rachel Austin, Rani Sachdev, Rebecca Macintosh, Rebecca Vink, Rocio Rius, Ruvi Samarasekera, Ryan Pysar, Sandra Cooper, Sarah Casauria, Sarah Collinson, Sarah Jelenich, Sarah Josephi‐Taylor, Sarah Sandaradura, Sean Massey, Shannon Leblanc, Shuxiang Goh, Simon Bodek, Simon Sadedin, Simran Kaur, Smitha Kumble, Sue White, Suzanne Sallevelt, Tegan Stait, Tiffany Boughtwood, Tim Sikora, Timo Lassmann, Tiong Tan, Tracy Dudding, David R. Thorburn, David A. Stroud, John Christodoulou   +122 more
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Perspectives from consultant nephrologists and families on how patients with a learning disability cope with chronic kidney diseases [PDF]

, 2011
Healthcare for patients with a learning disability is an important topic; one that is receiving increased attention by the media, government, and NHS.
Read, Elspeth Mary
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Health‐Related Quality of Life, Everyday Executive Functioning, and Eating Behavior in Adults With Bardet–Biedl Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare genetic condition with a broad phenotypic spectrum. Knowledge about quality of life, executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS remains limited. This study aimed to assess health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), everyday executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS and ...
Cecilie Fremstad Rustad, Charlotte von der Lippe, Hilde Nordgarden, Jeanette Ullmann Miller, Mina Susanne Weedon‐Fekjær, Ragnheidur Bragadottir, Solrun Sigurdardottir   +6 more
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High prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity among persons with a recorded diagnosis of intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder

, 2017
Background: Obesity and lack of physical activity are frequently reported in persons with intellectual disability (ID) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Pettersson, D, Ljunggren, G.,, D. Pettersson, Carlsson, Axel C,, Wandell, P, G. Ljunggren, Pettersson, D.,, Wändell, P.,, P. Wändell, Ljunggren, G,, Carlsson, AC, Wallen, EF, E. Flygare Wallén, A. C. Carlsson, Wallen, E. Flygare,   +14 more
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Intellectual disability and epilepsy in down syndrome.

Maedica, 2015
Down Syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation, with a reported frequency of epilepsy between 1.4-17% (1). There is a paucity of data in the literature regarding epilepsy in Down syndrome and its relation to intellectual disability.The purpose of this article is to analyze the association of epilepsy in children with DS ...
Diana, Barca, Oana, Tarta-Arsene, Alice, Dica, Catrinel, Iliescu, Magdalena, Budisteanu, Cristina, Motoescu, Niculina, Butoianu, Dana, Craiu   +7 more
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Streamlining Diagnosis of Bardet–Biedl Syndrome: New Diagnostic Algorithm With Updated Criteria

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Considerable advances have been made in our understanding of Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS), particularly in its core clinical features and molecular genetics, warranting an update to the existing diagnostic criteria framework. Using a rigorous, evidence‐based, and consensus‐driven process, a multidisciplinary group of international experts and ...
Jeremy J. Pomeroy, Jesse Richards, Brooke R. Sweeney, Seema Kumar, Katie E. Queen, Joshua Zaritsky, Carl H. Cramer, Elias I. Traboulsi, Brittni A. Scruggs, Erica E. Davis, Ekaterina Keifer, Emma McGibbon, Timothy Ogden, Bendert De Graaf, Tonia Hymers, Elizabeth Forsythe, Philip Beales   +16 more
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Brief psychotic disorder treatment with Olanzapine in a patient with Phelan-McDermid syndrome

European Psychiatry
Introduction The patient is a 50-year-old female, with multiple admissions in the PICU. At her first admission, at the age of 30 she presented the following main symptoms :mutism, negativism, crying and loss of bladder and bowel control.
I. Retsou, D. Antoniadis
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De Novo 2.2 Mb 19q13.42–q13.43 Microdeletion Encompassing U2AF2: Support for a Haploinsufficiency Model

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 2 (U2AF2) is an essential pre‐mRNA splicing factor involved in the early stages of pre‐mRNA splicing. To date, multiple individuals have been reported with predominantly heterozygous missense variants presenting intellectual disability, speech and motor delays, seizures, hypotonia, and thin or hypoplastic ...
Amanda Toledo, Sarah Araji, Weimin Bi, Seema R. Lalani   +3 more
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Newfound features associated with Hennekam Syndrome (Intestinal Lymphangiectasia-Lymphedema-Intellectual-Disability Syndrome) complicated with comorbid Waldmann's Disease resulting in Celiac Disease. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep, 2023
Safari Vejin T, Zepeda ME, Yglesias BS, Devito P.   +3 more
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