title: Evaluation of the child with idiopathic mental retardation.
abstract: A review of the advances in diagnostic techniques for evaluation of children with idiopathic mental retardation is presented. The current status of the use of clinical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, and neuroimaging in evaluating children with mental retardation is emphasized. Special attention is given to the evaluation of children with mental retardation and "autism" or "cerebral palsy."
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bodensteiner
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male