Internationally adopted children: not only infectious diseases

Information on prevalence of special needs in internationally adopted children (IAC) is incomplete. We reviewed data from 422 IAC screened at a single Centre in Italy in 2015-16. Prevalence of special needs reached 17.1% (n = 72). Among these children, the most frequent conditions were fetal alcohol...

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Published in:Journal of travel medicine 2018, Vol.25 (1)
Main Authors: Totaro, Camilla, Bortone, Barbara, Putignano, Pasqua, Sollai, Sara, Galli, Luisa, de Martino, Maurizio, Chiappini, Elena
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Language:English
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Summary:Information on prevalence of special needs in internationally adopted children (IAC) is incomplete. We reviewed data from 422 IAC screened at a single Centre in Italy in 2015-16. Prevalence of special needs reached 17.1% (n = 72). Among these children, the most frequent conditions were fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD; n = 30; 7.1%), cleft lip palate (n = 8; 1.9%) and other congenital malformations (n = 20; 4.7%). Worrisomely, 25 out of 52 (48.1%) Russian children presented with FASD.
ISSN:1708-8305
1708-8305
DOI:10.1093/jtm/tay036