Case presentation: Girl, 5 years old, she had not gestational and neonatal complications her parents is consanguineous. She neuropsychomotor developmental delay (NDD) dysphagia for solids at 6 months. At 2 cognitive impairment, motor with axial ataxia, appendicular hypotonia dysmetria. Her symptoms progressively worsening associated pyramidal signs. Cerebellar atrophy increased arachnoid space ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate concurrent validity between the Korean-Ages and Stages Questionnaires (K-ASQ) and the Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST II), and to evaluate the validity of the K-ASQ as a screening tool for detecting developmental delay of Korean children. METHOD A retrospective chart review was done to examine concurrent validity of the screening potentials for developmental...

biotin is a water-soluble vitamin and co-factor for activation of carboxylases apoenzymes. biotinidase enzyme is essential for release of biotin from apoenzymes. absence of biotinidase is an autosomal recessive trait with a prevalence of 1 in 60000. clinical manifestations of biotinidase deficiency include dermatitis, alopecia, seizures, hypotonia, developmental delay, hearing loss, visual impa...

The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of children aged 0-6 years with developmental delay (DD) and to examine age-period trends in the prevalence of DD diagnosis in Taiwan. For the study population, we selected children aged <6 years at baseline (in 1997-2002, N=2,308,790) from the National Health Insurance Research Database (a longitudinal database with annual medical record...

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The present study investigated specific teacher factors that potentially influence teacher–child relationships with preschool-age children. One demographic questionnaire and three rating scales were used to survey 152 head teachers of 3–6-year-old children in community-based childcare and preschool centers in one midwestern state. There were 46 teachers who reported on their relationship with a...

Routines-based early intervention (RBEI) for children with or at risk for developmental delay encourages collaboration between professionals and families to enhance children's participation in family routines with family-selected goals. We conducted the first single-blinded randomized control trial to examine the effectiveness of a 6-month RBEI vs. traditional home visiting (THV), which uses a ...