background: prematurity is the most common cause of death and disability and preterm infants, are prone to developmental complications. for this reason this study was designed for follow up of these babies until 2 years by modified ddst-2. methods: this study was a prospective longitudinal descriptive study from march 2009 to march 2011 in clinic of sheikh and imam reza hospitals, mashhad, iran...

radiographic evaluation of the third molar tooth to determine its position and degree of development is an important part in diagnosis and treatment planning, as well as in forensic dentistry procedures. the objective was to investigate the developmental stages of third molars in relation to chronologic age, gender and location (maxillary/mandibular) in an iranian population.the data were colle...

how to cite this article: najafi r, hashemipour m, mostofizadeh n, ghazavi mr, nasiri j, shahsanai a, famori f, najafi f, moafi m. demographic and clinical findings in pediatric patients affected by organic acidemia. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2): 74-81. abstract objective metabolic disorders, which involve many different organs, can be ascribed to enzyme deficiency or dysfunction and...

how to cite this article: ashrafzadeh f, sadrnabavi a, akhondian j, beiraghi toosi m, mohammadi mh, hassanpour k. angelman syndrome: a case report. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):86-89. abstract objective angelman syndrome (as) is a neurodevelopmental disorder presented by jerky movement, speech delay and cognitive disability epilepsy as well as dysmorphic features. it occurs due to an...

how to cite this article: momen aa. momen m. double cortex syndrome (subcortical band heterotopia); a case report. iran j child neurol. 2015;9(2):64-68. abstract objective approximately 5–10% of preschool age children are considered developmentally disabled. brain magnetic resonance imaging (mri) plays a key role in the diagnostic evaluation in these children. many congenital or acquired brain ...

to provide the validated and standardized form of the persian version of the ages and stages questionnaires as an appropriate developmental screening tool for evaluation of iranian children's development.this was a cross-sectional study. translation and back-translation, content validity determination, cultural and lingual modifications, pilot study on 100 parents and inter-rater reliability de...

objective mental retardation (mr) or intellectual disability is one of three chronic and disabling neurological disorders of children and adolescents. its prevalence is estimated 1-3% of the population. mr is defined as significant sub-average intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior that become detectable before the age of 18. mr may come into view before 5 years as delay in at least two...

introduction: previous studies have emphasized the importance of early detection of children with developmental coordination disorder (dcd) to prevent the development of secondary academic, emotional and social manifestations of the disorder. a better understanding of these issues is the need for a valid measurement tool. parent report has the potential for providing historical knowledge of the...

objecitve: there have been contradictory findings on the relationship between socioeconomic status (ses) and child development although a wide range of results indicates that ses is associated with child development outcomes. the present study intended to define the relationship between ses and child development in tehran kindergartens. methods: this cross-sectional survey studied 1036 children...

today, south korea has become a successful pattern for less- developed countries. this article attempts to explain its successful experience in economic development in the framework of pattern of non-democratic developmental state. in this pattern developed by adrian leftwich, the main focus is on political-sociological context affecting economic development. the main characteristics of develop...