"Early" Diagnosis and "Early" Intervention in Children with Mental Retardation-When is Early Enough to Diagnose Them?

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  • Kaga Makiko
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Inagaki Masumi
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Tanaka Kyoko
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Horiguchi Toshihiro
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

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  • 発達障害児の早期診断と早期介入について　　精神遅滞

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Abstract

Patients with mental retardation (MR) cannot always be diagnosed accurately by physicians who are specialized in child neurology and/or developmental disorders at their first visit to the clinic. Precise examination such as psychological tests and chromosomal analysis are often necessary to diagnose them. Some patients with autistic disorders without MR often are misdiagnosed as having MR. Patients with mild to moderate MR are sometimes diagnosed late in their late teens or twenties. Timely diagnosis and timely/continuous intervention is more important than early diagnosis and early intervention for the mentally retarded.

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  • NO TO HATATSU

    NO TO HATATSU 37 (2), 139-144, 2005

    THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CHILD NEUROLOGY

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