Clinical Characteristics of Developmentally Delayed Children based on Interdisciplinary Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to examine the clinical characteristics of children suspected to have neurodevelopmental disorders and to present features that could be helpful diagnostic clues at the clinical assessment stage. All children who visited the interdisciplinary clinic for developmental problems from May 2001 to December 2014 were eligible for this study. Medical records of the children were reviewed. A total of 1,877 children were enrolled in this study. Most children were classified into four major diagnostic groups: global developmental delay (GDD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental language disorder (DLD) and motor delay (MD). GDD was the most common (43.9%), and boys were significantly more predominant than girls in all groups. When evaluating the predictive power of

SUBMITTER: Kim SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235222 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature