BACKGROUND Few population-based samples have previously published performance on the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), a recommended screening tool to detect infant developmental delay. The aim of the study was to investigate performance on the ASQ in a population-based sample of 6-month-old infants. METHODS In this population-based questionnaire study from Oslo, Norway, the 30 item ASQ 6 ...

OBJECTIVE To verify the prevalence of delay in gross motor development in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. STUDY DESIGN This is a cross-sectional observational study. A total of 15 children with CF were included in the analyses. The selection criteria was age between 6 and 42months. Data on demographic, anthropometric, clinical characteristics and severity score (Shwachman) were obtained from p...

BACKGROUND Clinical experience suggests infants with torticollis are at risk for developmental delay. AIMS To examine gross motor (GM) skills at presentation in infants with torticollis; report first-year GM and cognitive outcomes; examine relationship between types of torticollis and above outcomes. STUDY DESIGN Prospective follow-up study. SUBJECTS Infants referred to 2 regional child d...

Background: Infancy is the most important extra uterine period of brain development. And it requires environmental stimulation for expression of the developmental capabilities. Meanwhile, due to repeated environmental disparities foster care children are at risk for developmental delay. Aim: designing evidence based care package to improve motor skills of orphan living infants according to inte...

The developmental disabilities are a group of disorders differentiated by the pattern of delay among developmental streams. The four streams of development include language, problem solving, motor and social. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a disorder of development in which motor function abnormalities are a key feature. It is a most common developmental disorder of children first described by William ...

Background Progress in medical science and success in increasing the survival rate of vulnerable infants have raised the issue of future development in these children. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between small for gestational age (SGA) status at birth and developmental delay in children aged 4 to 60 months. Materials and Methods This study was a correlation descriptive thro...

OBJECTIVE To perform an in depth evaluation of children, and thus provide a systematic method of managing children, who after infantile health screening, were categorized as suspected developmental delay. METHOD 78 children referred to the Developmental Delay Clinic of Ilsan Hospital after suspected development delay on infantile health examinations were enrolled. A team comprised of a physia...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, jabbehdari s, taghdiri mm, nemati h, saket s, alaee mr, ghofrani m, tonakebni sh. methylmalonic acidemia: diagnosis and neuroimaging findings of this neurometabolic disorder (an iranian pediatric case series). iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3): 63-66.   objective methylmalonic acidemia is one of the inborn errors of metabolism resulting in ...