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Abstract
Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)
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- Disability, Intellectual
- Intellectual Development Disorder
- Mental Retardation
- Retardation, Mental
- Development Disorder, Intellectual
- Development Disorders, Intellectual
- Disabilities, Intellectual
- Disorder, Intellectual Development
- Disorders, Intellectual Development
- Intellectual Development Disorders
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Deficiency, Mental
- Idiocy
- Mental Deficiency
- Mental Retardation, Psychosocial
- Deficiencies, Mental
- Mental Deficiencies
- Mental Retardations, Psychosocial
- Psychosocial Mental Retardation
- Psychosocial Mental Retardations
- Retardation, Psychosocial Mental
- Retardations, Psychosocial Mental
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not equate /rehabil with Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
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1967(1963)
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- National Library of Medicine. Intellectual Disability. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008607. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008607
- Intellectual Disability. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_disability
- Intellectual Disability. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183560