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Adriana Albu1, L L Indrei, Viorica Gavăt
1Disciplina de Igienă si Sănătatea mediului, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie "Gr. T. Popa", Iaşi.
Unlabelled:
Mentally disabled children represent about 3% from the children population.
Material And Method:
102 children with mental disabilities were investigated using physical and somatometric examination.
Results:
The mental disabilities are associated with different diseases, in most cases correlated in intensity with de degree of mental disorder. The physical development is considered to be with average values for the majority of children; the presence of harmonic development is predominant, but we met cases in which the values for height and weight are small or even pathologic.
Conclusion:
Mentally disabled school children physical development and health status raise many problems for the medical staff and the management of these children implies permanent monitoring.
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