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1Division of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff.
Background:
Neuroimaging has proven useful in confirming diagnoses of certain neuropsychiatric conditions, but neuroimaging studies in learning disability are at an early stage.
Method:
A review of recent structural neuroimaging research in relation to learning disability was carried out.
Results:
Brain abnormalities can be detected in cases of idiopathic and non-idiopathic learning disability, but their significance is not clear due to discrepancies in study findings and the small cohorts involved.
Conclusion:
Although the role of structural neuroimaging in the assessment of people with learning disability is not clear, new magnetic resonance imaging technology holds great promise for future research.
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