title: Mental performance in Down syndrome.
abstract: Psychological assessment, using standard psychometric tests, was carried out in 375 cases of clinically diagnosed Down syndrome to study the degree of mental handicap. There were 160 (42.7%) cases in the severely retarded group, while 43 (11.5%) were profoundly retarded, 124 (33.1%) were moderately retarded, 34 (9.1%) were mildly retarded and 7 (1.9%) belonged to the category of borderline intelligence.
authors: Smt. Motibal Thackersey Institute for Research in the Field of Mental Retardation, Bombay.
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Parikh
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Goyel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007361:Intelligence Tests