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Ritardo mentale: Sindromi malformative, congenite e perinatali

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Guida alla valutazione medico-legale del danno neurologico

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Il ritardo mentale (RiMent) è un’alterazione dello sviluppo che si manifesta prima dei 18 anni e impedisce il raggiungimento di un quoziente intellettivo (QI) superiore a 70, contro un normale di 100 [1]. Contrariamente a quanto avviene per la demenza, la diagnosi di ritardo mentale non richiede obbligatoriamente una compromissione della memoria.

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Sghirlanzoni, A., Genovese, U. (2012). Ritardo mentale: Sindromi malformative, congenite e perinatali. In: Guida alla valutazione medico-legale del danno neurologico. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2074-0_4

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