title: [Stability in intellectual performance of students with fetal alcohol syndrome in children homes].
abstract: Children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) display great variability in their IQs during follow-up. The course of cognitive performance among twelve school girls aged 10 to 15 years with FAS who lived in foster homes of a chilean public organization for socially handicapped infants, was assessed by comparison of the results of Wechsler's psychometric test for children (WISC) which were done once and repeated 4 years later in the same patients. IQs were 7 to 13 points lower after 4 years in 7/12 girls, slightly better (4 and 6 points) in 2/12 and practically the same in 3/12 patients 1 to 3 points lower. Mean global IQs were 79.58 +/- 11.24 at year 1984 and 74.75 +/- 10.56 in 1988. This IQ reduction, even though not statistically significant, was deeper the more evident were the dysmorphogenic findings.
authors: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente, Concepción.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Mena
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Navarro
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Massardo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales
vernacular_title: Estabilidad en el rendimiento intelectual de escolares con síndrome alcohólico fetal en hogares infantiles.