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1642/2011 - Retardo Mental familiar: revisão e prática classificação
Familial mental retardation: a review and practical classification

Author:

• Angélica Francesca Maris - Maris, A.F. - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC - <afmaris@gmail.com> +

Co-author(s):

• Ingrid Tremel Barbato - Barbato, I.T. - Laboratório Neurogene - <labneurogene@yahoo.com.br >
• Alexis Trott - Trott, A. - Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina - Unoesc - <alexistrott@hotmail.com>
• Marco Aurélio Echart Montano - Montano, M.A.E. - Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina - Unoesc - <echartmontano@gmail.com >

Thematic Area:

Saúde Mental

Abstract:

Mental retardation (MR) is a definition which comprises a series of conditions whose common feature is an intellectual handicap that develops before the age of 18, afflicting 2-3% of the world’s population. The classification of MR into different categories is determined by the extent of the handicap instead of its cause, which often remains unrecognized. Sometimes, MR runs in a family, characterizing familial MR, and those cases allow a deeper look into the genetic causes and consequences of the problem. However, almost no work is available on the prevalence of familial MR among the registered MR cases, possibly because familial MR is a term with no clear definition. The present work aims to review the topic and discuss the implications of different genetic and environmental factors, which characterize particular categories of familial cases, suggesting a practical classification of familial MR, important for epidemiologic studies and also in the clinic for counseling. Some of the aspects are discussed under the perspective of a newly developed country like Brazil.

Keywords:

Mental Retardation Public Health Genetics Epidemiology

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Maris, A.F., Barbato, I.T., Trott, A., Montano, M.A.E.. Retardo Mental familiar: revisão e prática classificação. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Feb). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/retardo-mental-familiar-revisatildeo-e-praacutetica-classificaccedilatildeo/9333?id=9333



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