Borderline Intellectual Functioning
The term borderline intellectual functioning describes a group of people who function on the border between normal intellectual functioning and intellectual disability, between 1 and 2 standard deviations below the mean on the normal curve of the distribution of intelligence, roughly an IQ between 70 and 85.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W025
Diagnosis: (Borderline) Intellectual Disability
US Patients: US2-3%
World Patients:
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: Age5
Brain Area:
Symptoms: (IQ below 70.) includes Down Syndrome; may learn like others up to age 12
Progression:
Causes: Trisomy 21-3 sets of the 21st chromosome 21 produces intellectual difficulties
Medications: None
Therapies: Behavioral training, group-home living and sheltered workshops.
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- ARID1B-related disorder in 87 adults: Natural history and self-sustainabilityby P J van der Sluijs on December 13, 2024
CONCLUSION: The ARID1B spectrum is broad, and as patients age, there is a significant shift in the medical aspects requiring attention. To address the changing medical needs with increasing age, we have formulated recommendations to promote timely intervention in an attempt to mitigate disease progression.
- Neurological and psychiatric phenotype of a multicenter cohort of patients with SETD5-related neurodevelopmental disorderby Alessandro De Falco on November 27, 2024
Pathogenic variants in the SETD5 gene cause a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by intellectual disability, autism, and facial dysmorphisms, with incomplete penetrance. To date, no distinctive neurological, psychiatric, electroencephalographic, and neuroimaging features have been identified in this condition. We expand the clinical phenotype of SETD5-related disorder by describing 28 previously unreported patients, 26 carrying single nucleotide variants, and 2 with copy number variations...
- BCL11B associated disorder a case report in Mexican population. Case reportby Israel Enrique Crisanto-López on November 21, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: In line with the information available, the detected variant has not been described before in literature; it is the first case reported of this pathology in the Mexican population. Patient's clinical features are IDDSFTA-like reported, which supports that this probable pathogenic variant is the etiology of the phenotype in our patient.
- Intellectual Disability in Episodic Ataxia Type 2: Beyond Paroxysmal Vertigo and Ataxiaby Seoyeon Kim on November 6, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with EA2 may have hidden intellectual disabilities even without a history of epilepsy or administration of antiepileptic drugs, and should be considered for genetic counseling and therapeutic interventions. Given the availability of medication to control episodic vertigo and ataxia, early diagnosis and management are important in preventing irreversible brain dysfunction in EA2.