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Symptoms could include:
- Seizures
- Mental Retardation
- Developmental Delay
- Learning Disabiliti...
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Cafe-Au-Lait Spots
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Light Colored Skin
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Infantile Spasms
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myoclonic seizures
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Café-au-lait spots; Red patches on the face containing many blood vessels (adenoma sebaceum) Raised patches of skin with an orange-peel texture (shagreen spots), often on the back;
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The basic underlying cause for illness and, less often, death due to tuberous sclerosis complex, is the development of growths called hamartomas throughout A common sign of tuberous sclerosis is skin lesions called hypomelanotic macules. These are...
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Always known to be hereditary, mutations in two different genes are now known to cause TS. These genes are TSC1 and TSC2, and were discovered in 1993 and 1997 on chromosomes 16 and 9 respectively. TS is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, m...
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The basic underlying cause for illness and, less often, death due to tuberous sclerosis complex is the development of growths called hamartomas throughout the body. Hamartoma is a general term used to describe tumor-like growths that are not cance...
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Tuberous sclerosis occurs when at least one of two genes (either TSC-1 on chromosome 9 or TSC-2 on chromosome 16) is defective. Normally, the two genes produce proteins called hamartin and tuberin, respectively. These proteins seem to serve as inh...
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A seizure is the physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. See also: Generalized tonic clonic seizure; Partial (focal) seizure; Petit mal (absence) seizure; Epilepsy; Fever (...
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A seizure is a sudden change in behavior characterized by changes in sensory perception (sense of feeling) or motor activity (movement) due to an abnormal firing of nerve cells in the brain. Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent seizu...
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A seizure is a sudden change in behavior characterized by changes in sensory perception (sense of feeling) or motor activity (movement) due to an abnormal firing of nerve cells in the brain . Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent seiz...
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A temporary series of uncontrollable muscle spasms brought on by unusual electrical activity in the brain. Also known as convulsion, clonic seizure, or tonic-clonic seizure. A seizure is characterized by a sudden episode of un- controllable brain ...
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Mental retardation is a condition diagnosed before age 18 that includes below-average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for daily living.
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Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as an intellectual functioning level (as measured by standard tests for intelligence quotient) that is well below average and signif...
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Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as an intellectual functioning level (as measured by standard tests for intelligence quotient) that is well below average and signif...
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(Also called sociocultural or cultural-familial retardation) Mild mental retardation attributed to environmental causes and generally involving some degree of psychosocial disadvantage. The majority of persons suffering from mental retardation fal...
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Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as a level of intellectual functioning (as measured by standard intelligence tests) that is well below average and results in s...
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Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as a level of intellectual functioning (as measured by standard intelligence tests ) that is well below average and results in ...
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Below-average intellectual abilities that are present before the age of 18 and interfere with developmental processes and with the ability to function normally in daily life (adaptive behavior). The term mental retardation is commonly used to refe...
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A developmental delay is any significant lag in a child's physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, in comparison with norms.
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Any delay in a child's physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, due to any number of reasons. Developmental delay refers to any significant retardation in a child's physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social de...
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A disorder that causes problems in speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability. (Also Specific Developmental Disorder). A learning disability is a disorder that inhibits or interferes with the skills of learning, including speak...
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence . People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three. These diff...
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence. People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three. These diffi...
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Learning disorders, or learning disabilities, are disorders that cause problems in speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability.
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Learning disorders (LD) refer to a significant deficit in learning due to a person's inability to interpret what is seen and heard, or to link information from different parts of the brain.
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence. People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three. These diffi...
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Infantile spasms (IS) are seizures seen in epilepsy of infancy and early childhood. The typical pattern of an infantile spasm occurs soon after arousal from sleep, and involves a sudden bending forward and stiffening of the body, arms, and legs. A...
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