"This book is a little gem...The remit is extensive and the book is compact. It will therefore be a useful summary of current understanding to be used as a reference and would be particularly helpful for medical undergraduates invovled in a vertically constructed curriculum or for pediatricians, whether in training or maintaining their CPD. It is not just a book for someone who wants to know the answer, but for someone who wants to know why the answer is asit is and rejoices in the explanation."--Archives of Disease in Childhood"This book is a little gem...The remit is extensive and the book is compact. It will therefore be a useful summary of current understanding to be used as a reference and would be particularly helpful for medical undergraduates invovled in a vertically constructed curriculum or for pediatricians, whether in training or maintaining their CPD. It is not just a book for someone who wants to know the answer, but for someone who wants to know why the answer is asit is and rejoices in the explanation."--Archives of Disease in Childhood

• 1. Science, society and mental retardation: a history ; 2. Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, maturation and function: insights into learning and memory ; 3. Structural brain anomalies and neural tube defects ; 4. Mental retardation associated with dysmorphology, growth retardation or overgrowth ; 5. Mental retardation associated with other neurological defects ; 6. Mental retardation that develops after a period of normal cognition ; 7. Nonsyndromic mental retardation, autism and language deficits ; 8. Genomics, functional genomics and epigenetics: relevance to mental retardation ; 9. Establishing a diagnosis and determining etiology in developmental delay and mental retardation ; 10. Epilogue: the value of genetic diagnosis - applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment

"This book is a little gem...The remit is extensive and the book is compact. It will therefore be a useful summary of current understanding to be used as a reference and would be particularly helpful for medical undergraduates invovled in a vertically constructed curriculum or for pediatricians, whether in training or maintaining their CPD. It is not just a book for someone who wants to know the answer, but for someone who wants to know why the answer is asit is and rejoices in the explanation."--Archives of Disease in Childhood"This book is a little gem...The remit is extensive and the book is compact. It will therefore be a useful summary of current understanding to be used as a reference and would be particularly helpful for medical undergraduates invovled in a vertically constructed curriculum or for pediatricians, whether in training or maintaining their CPD. It is not just a book for someone who wants to know the answer, but for someone who wants to know why the answer is asit is and rejoices in the explanation."--Archives of Disease in Childhood

• 1. Science, society and mental retardation: a history ; 2. Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, maturation and function: insights into learning and memory ; 3. Structural brain anomalies and neural tube defects ; 4. Mental retardation associated with dysmorphology, growth retardation or overgrowth ; 5. Mental retardation associated with other neurological defects ; 6. Mental retardation that develops after a period of normal cognition ; 7. Nonsyndromic mental retardation, autism and language deficits ; 8. Genomics, functional genomics and epigenetics: relevance to mental retardation ; 9. Establishing a diagnosis and determining etiology in developmental delay and mental retardation ; 10. Epilogue: the value of genetic diagnosis - applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment

"This book is a little gem...The remit is extensive and the book is compact. It will therefore be a useful summary of current understanding to be used as a reference and would be particularly helpful for medical undergraduates invovled in a vertically constructed curriculum or for pediatricians, whether in training or maintaining their CPD. It is not just a book for someone who wants to know the answer, but for someone who wants to know why the answer is asit is and rejoices in the explanation."--Archives of Disease in Childhood"This book is a little gem...The remit is extensive and the book is compact. It will therefore be a useful summary of current understanding to be used as a reference and would be particularly helpful for medical undergraduates invovled in a vertically constructed curriculum or for pediatricians, whether in training or maintaining their CPD. It is not just a book for someone who wants to know the answer, but for someone who wants to know why the answer is asit is and rejoices in the explanation."--Archives of Disease in Childhood

• 1. Science, society and mental retardation: a history ; 2. Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, maturation and function: insights into learning and memory ; 3. Structural brain anomalies and neural tube defects ; 4. Mental retardation associated with dysmorphology, growth retardation or overgrowth ; 5. Mental retardation associated with other neurological defects ; 6. Mental retardation that develops after a period of normal cognition ; 7. Nonsyndromic mental retardation, autism and language deficits ; 8. Genomics, functional genomics and epigenetics: relevance to mental retardation ; 9. Establishing a diagnosis and determining etiology in developmental delay and mental retardation ; 10. Epilogue: the value of genetic diagnosis - applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment