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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- Cognitive functioning in adolescents with severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery or intensive non-surgical treatment in Sweden (AMOS2): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trialby Kajsa Järvholm on April 30, 2024
BACKGROUND: Severe obesity during childhood is associated with cognitive deficits. Studies in adults have suggested improvements in executive functioning and memory after bariatric surgery. Our aim was to explore changes in cognitive function in adolescents over two years after bariatric surgery or intensive non-surgical treatment.
- Case Report: Intellectual disability and borderline intellectual functioning in two sisters with a 12p11.22 lossby Haemi Choi on April 17, 2024
Multiple genome sequencing studies have identified genetic abnormalities as major causes of severe intellectual disability (ID). However, many children affected by mild ID and borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) lack a genetic diagnosis because known causative ID genetic mutations have not been identified or the role of genetic variants in mild cases is less understood. Genetic variant testing in mild cases is necessary to provide information on prognosis and risk of occurrence. In this...
- Clozapine Treatment for Aggressive Behaviors in Youths with Neurodevelopmental Disordersby Stefano Berloffa on April 12, 2024
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess effectiveness and tolerability of Clozapine in the treatment of aggression in youth with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Methods: Patients were consecutively admitted at our third-level university hospital with nationwide catchment from June 2018 to October 2022, and followed up to July 2023. Eligibility criteria were as follows: (1) Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Intellectual Disability/Borderline Cognitive Functioning, (2) behavioral...
- Mono and biallelic variants in HCN2 cause severe neurodevelopmental disordersby Clara Houdayer on April 2, 2024
Hyperpolarization activated Cyclic Nucleotide (HCN) gated channels are crucial for various neurophysiological functions, including learning and sensory functions, and their dysfunction are responsible for brain disorders, such as epilepsy. To date, HCN2 variants have only been associated with mild epilepsy and recently, one monoallelic missense variant has been linked to developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Here, we expand the phenotypic spectrum of HCN2- related disorders by describing...