title: Intellectual functioning in non-Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Intellectual functioning was examined in 31 patients with Becker, facioscapulohumeral, or limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. IQ patterns were compared to those previously reported for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. As with Duchenne patients, a high proportion of non-Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients showed a pattern of a lower verbal scale IQ in relation to their nonverbal, performance scale IQ. Further, there was a relationship between the levels of verbal and performance IQs and the type of muscular dystrophy, with the lower IQs being associated with the more severe types.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000523:psychology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior