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ERIC Number: EJ530792
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-8017
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Dyskinetic Movement Disorder among Adults with Mental Retardation: Phenomenology and Co-occurrence with Stereotypy.
Bodfish, James W.; And Others
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v101 n2 p118-29 Sep 1996
The occurrence of dyskinetic movement disorder and its co-occurrence with stereotypic behavior among adults with mental retardation were studied in 98 adults with mental retardation. Results indicated that stereotypic movement disorder was associated with increased dyskinesia scores and that dyskinesia and stereotypy may be related by common mechanisms. (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Incidence, Kinetics, Mental Retardation, Motion, Multiple Disabilities, Phenomenology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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