Recent work has focused on a model of "developmental retardation,".

Also, a deficit in reelin activity is associated with cortical developmental retardation.

No infertility or developmental retardation was found in the hybrid individuals, allowing them to introgress with pure species.

A good number of Fanconi patients have kidney problems, trouble with their eyes, developmental retardation and other serious defects, such as microcephaly (small head).

When child-rearing styles do not include one-on-one verbal interaction with infants in that critical year, developmental retardation occurs.

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy in young children that causes multiple seizures and some developmental retardation.

Matthew was spastic, and as an infant, had been diagnosed as having cerebral palsy and developmental retardation.

Intake of mercury by humans through food can lead to developmental retardation in children and loss of mental acuteness among adults, Dr. Pollack said.

"Timothy has consistently exhibited profound mental and developmental retardation, deafness and blindness, a persistent convulsive disorder and severe cerebral palsy," they said.

Particular support should be provided for regions and for areas where there is historical developmental retardation, where the local people are less well prepared to meet the difficult challenges of a market economy.

Members, most of whom have depression or other mental disabilities like schizophrenia or developmental retardation, cook breakfast and lunch for one another, make sure the clubhouse is kept clean, learn computer programs, answer the clubhouse's phones, and form discussion committees.

"As an example, we might envision case studies of two groups of children with and without excessive respiratory problems or developmental retardation, and then study a wide range of hereditary, environmental, economic and social factors which may differentiate them," the memorandum states.