Mental performance in Down syndrome

Psychological assessment, using standard psychometric tests, was carried out in 375 cases of clinically diagnosed Down syndrome to study the degree of mental handicap. There were 160 (42.7%) cases in the severely retarded group, while 43 (11.5%) were profoundly retarded, 124 (33.1%) were moderately...

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Published in:Indian journal of pediatrics 1990-03, Vol.57 (2), p.261-263
Main Authors: PARIKH, A. P, GOYEL, N. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Chromosome aberrations
Down Syndrome - psychology
Humans
Intellectual Disability - diagnosis
Intelligence Tests
Medical genetics
Medical sciences
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Psychological assessment, using standard psychometric tests, was carried out in 375 cases of clinically diagnosed Down syndrome to study the degree of mental handicap. There were 160 (42.7%) cases in the severely retarded group, while 43 (11.5%) were profoundly retarded, 124 (33.1%) were moderately retarded, 34 (9.1%) were mildly retarded and 7 (1.9%) belonged to the category of borderline intelligence.
ISSN:0019-5456
0973-7693
DOI:10.1007/BF02722099