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Children with learning and/or behavioural difficulties are often described as suffering from ‘minimal brain damage’ or better, from ‘minor brain dysfunction’. Moreover, they are often said to be born after complications in pregnancy and/or delivery, which may have damaged their nervous system.
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Touwen, B.C.L. (1971). Neurological Follow-Up of Infants Born After Obstetrical Complications. In: Stoelinga, G.B.A., Van Der Werff Ten Bosch, J.J. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Development of Brain and Behaviour. Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2921-6_10
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