The Syndrome of Minimal Brain Damage in Childhood
- 7 July 1966
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 275 (1) , 27-35
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196607072750106
Abstract
THE behavioral manifestations of children with brain damage have been recognized and studied with increasing interest in the past decade. Much of the work done in this area has been accomplished in highly specialized centers, though 2 excellent general discussions of the subject are available.1 , 2 The incidence of the syndrome of "minimal brain damage" or "nonmotor brain damage" seems high, however, and affected children form a large portion of the patient population seen by pediatricians, general practitioners, neurologists, child psychiatrists, psychologists and also educators who deal with learning problems in childhood.With their hypothesis of a "continuum of reproductive casualty" . . .Keywords
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