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Peer reviewedAl-Ansari, Ahmed – Mental Retardation, 1993
Analysis of 109 Bahraini school children with mild mental retardation found the cause to be prenatal in 38.5%, perinatal in 11.9%, postnatal in 7.4%, and untraceable in 42%. Predisposing background factors included an illiterate father, consanguinity, and a relative with mental retardation. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Congenital Impairments, Developing Nations
