Assessment of the Selection and Usefulness of Diagnostic Examinations for Children with Mental Retardation

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  • Tanaka Kyoko
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Department of Pediatrics, National Kikuchi Hospital
  • Horiguchi Toshihiro
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Inagaki Masumi
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Kaga Makiko
    Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

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  • 精神遅滞の医学的診断と療育連携に関する研究　　第３報　　医学的診断検査の選択および有所見率の実態調査
  • 第3報医学的診断検査の選択および有所見率の実態調査

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We retrospectively investigated medical records of 196 patients suspected of having mental retardation at their initial visits. The objective of the study was to clarify the current choice of medical examinations and to assess their usefulness. Frequently selected examinations included (1) neuroimaging, neurophysiology and other central nervous system examinations, (2) psychological examinations and (3) blood tests. The former two demonstrated abnormal results very frequently. Genetic examinations rarely showed abnormal results. On the contrary, chromosomal analysis was often useful for diagnosing diseases that are difficult to be made only by clinical symptoms. Physicians should provide patients and their families with information about medical examinations currently available and useful.

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  • NO TO HATATSU

    NO TO HATATSU 35 (5), 373-379, 2003

    THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CHILD NEUROLOGY

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