OBJECTIVE This study investigated the relationship between mental retardation and lifetime events in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). METHODS The data on mental retardation and ages of lifetime events (first walking, loss of ambulation, introductions of ventilator support and tube nutrition and death) were collected retrospectively, and the relationships between the factors we...

To realize cloud computing (CC), virtualization technology has been accepted as an infrastructure of Electronic Patient Records (EPR). However, it has not been sufficiently done so far to evaluate the usability of Pen-Tablet Systems (PTS) as an input device of EPR with CC environments. From our preliminary studies, we confirmed that response time retardation, which virtualization technology inh...

The study reported here classified 9,660 newborn infants delivered at a maternal and child health center in Mexico City by length of gestation, presence or absence of growth retardation, and (in the case of growth-retarded infants) proportionate or disproportionate growth retardation in terms of the infants' weight and length. It was found that preterm infants (delivered before 38 weeks of gest...

Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome (SLS) is an inherited autosomal recessive neurocutaneous disorder with congenital ichthyosis, spastic diplegia or quadriplegia and mental retardation. We report a case of Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome with clinical profile (mental retardation, ichthyosis, spastic diplegia) and MRI findings such as seen in multiple sclerosis (MS). So this rare syndrome can be another differen...

Children with mental retardation are often subjected to a routine battery of tests, a practice that has been criticised.' Investigations often include a blood count, a biochemical profile, urinary screening for metabolites including amino acids, and radiography of the skull and wrist for bone age and may be more extensive. Such routine testing of all children with mental retardation is done in ...

A diagnosis of mental retardation carries with it certain unique treatment needs that must be understood and addressed. Unfortunately, most psychiatrists are ill-equipped to handle this situation, having received little or no formal training in this area. This article is written with the specific goal of giving psychiatrists a better understanding of the special needs of patients with mental re...