Mental retardation and developmental delay : genetic and epigenetic factors / Moyra Smith.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

xix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Science, society, and mental retardation: a history -- Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, maturation, and function: insights into learning and memory -- Structural brain anomalies and neural tube defects -- Mental retardation associated with dysmorphology, growth retardation, or overgrowth -- Mental retardation associated with other neurological defects -- Mental retardation that develops after a period of normal cognition -- Non-syndromic mental retardation, autism, and language deficits -- Genomics, functional genomics, and epigenetics -- Establishing a diagnosis and determining etiology -- The value of genetic diagnosis: applying knowledge about etiology to prevention and treatment.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-300) and index.