A study of the cognitive and psychological profile in 16 children with congenital or juvenile myotonic dystrophy
(1997) Clinical Genetics : an international journal of genetics and molecular medicine — Vol. 52, n° 3, p. 135-141 (1997)
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- We report data on intelligence and on possibly associated psychopathology in 16 children and adolescents, between 7 and 18 years of age, with congenital or juvenile myotonic dystrophy. We found that all the subjects have an intelligence level below the population mean, four of them in the mentally retarded range. An unexpected number of subjects are in the clinical range on the Child Behavior Checklist. In nine of the 16 subjects, a child psychiatric diagnosis was found using a standardized psychiatric interview. The most frequent child psychiatric diagnosis was Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Steyaert, J., Umans, S., Willekens, D., Legius, E., Pijkels, E., deDieSmulders, C., Vandenberghe, H., & Fryns, JP. (1997). A study of the cognitive and psychological profile in 16 children with congenital or juvenile myotonic dystrophy. Clinical Genetics : an international journal of genetics and molecular medicine, 52(3), 135-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02533.x (Original work published 1997)