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1. Abstract
Background: Mental retardation is a group of Nyhan syndrome had an older brother who died from
heterogeneous disorders associated with generalized the same condition. Six patients each one had Prader-
developmental delay during infancy and early Labhart-Willi syndrome, Sanjad Sakati Richardson
childhood, while impairment in cognitive functions Kirk syndrome, Coffin Siris syndrome, kernicterus,
and adaptive behaviors became generally apparent Bartter syndrome, Pediatric Huntington disease.
during pre-school and early school years depending Nonspecific abnormalities were present in three
on the severity of the condition. Little is known about patients and included bilateral optic atrophy in one
the etiology of mental retardation in Iraq. The aim of boy, squint and obesity in one girl and a second girl
this paper is to describe the etiology of mental had large ears. Brain CT-scan was available for two
retardation in a sample of Iraqi children. patients with idiopathic mental retardation and one
Patients and methods: During one-year period patient with kernicterus and showed normal findings.
(February 2018 to February 2019), thirty-six patients Conclusion: The causes of mental retardation in
with mental retardation (25 males and 11 females) about two thirds of Iraqi patients with mental
were observed at the neuropsychiatry clinic at the retardation were idiopathic mental retardation and
Children Teaching hospital of Baghdad Medical City. Down syndrome.
Their ages ranged from two to seventeen years. 2. Keywords: Etiology; Mental retardation; Iraqi
Patients with cerebral palsy, atypical autism with children.
mental retardation and Rett syndrome were not 3. Introduction
included in this series. Mental retardation is a group of heterogeneous
Results: Eighteen patients (50%) had idiopathic disorders associated with generalized developmental
mental retardation (11 males and 7 females). Seven delay during infancy and early childhood, while
patients (19%) had Down syndrome (5 males and 2 impairment in cognitive functions and adaptive
females). Two male patients had Beckwith behaviors became generally apparent during pre-
Wiedemann syndrome, one of them had an affected
*Corresponding author Al-Mosawi AJ, Department of Pediatrics
brother. Three males had inborn errors of metabolism, and Pediatric Psychiatry, Children Teaching Hospital of Baghdad
each one had phenylketonuria, homocystinuria and Medical City, Iraq, E-mail: almosawiAJ@yahoo.com
Received Date: June 16, 2019; Accepted Date: June 20, 2019;
Lesch Nyhan syndrome. The patient with Lesch Published Date: June 21, 2019
Citation: Al-Mosawi AJ. The Etiology of Mental Retardation in Iraqi Children. SunKrist J Neonat Pediatr. 2019; 1: 1001.
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