Mental Retardation

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What is the degeneration of brain cells?

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Cortical atrophy

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When premature synostosis of cranial bone sutures occurs, normal head growth is inhibited

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Craniostenosis

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Herpes viruses (HHV-5)

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Cytomegalovirus

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Congential condition resulting from chromosomal anomaly that causes both physical and mental retardation with distinct physical characteristics of a large tongue, poor muscle tone, and flat face, and heart problems

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Down Syndrome

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Sex-linked disorder is males which results when the bottom top of the long arm of the X-chromosome is pinched off.

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Fragile X syndrome

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Hyperphenylalaninemia is broadly as the presense of blood phenylalanine levels that exceed the limits of upper reference range. missing a major amino acid required

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Hyperphenylalaninemia

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deficient in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues

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Hypoxia
Hypoxia

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Degenerative inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by progressive muscles weakness and atrophy

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Muscular Dystrophy (MS)

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congenital malformation of the spine in which the walls of the spinal canal do not develope typically due to the lack of union between vertebrae; the degree of impairment depends on the location of the malformation.

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Spina bifida

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Genetic progressive disorder of the nervous system that causes profound mental retardation, deafness, blindness, paralysis, and seizures; life expentancy is 5 years.

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Tay-Sachs disease

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blood poisoning by toxins from a local bacterial infection

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toxemia