Clinical presentation of the lead-poisoned child on mental ability tests.
Current literature on effects of childhood lead poisoning and high blood lead level on psychological test performance was reviewed. A pathognomic configuration of mental ability test scores is described. A sample of 18 moderately to severely lead poisoned children was found to have a significantly higher frequency of this score configuration than either a comparison sample or the Black subsample of the original WISC-R standardization group. Implications for clinical practice and research are discussed.
Dyer
F J
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D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000187:drug effects*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D013195:Stanford-Binet Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*