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Neurodevelopmental Dysfunction and Specific Learning Disabilities in School-Aged Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

B. Garanty-Bogacka ,
W. Wieczorek  and
M. Syrenicz
B. Garanty-Bogacka*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland
W. Wieczorek
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland
M. Syrenicz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland
*
Department of Pediatrics, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland

Abstract

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The frequency of the developmental dysfunction and specific learning disabilities were assessed in the retrospective study in the group of 56 school-aged twins. The relationships between genetic, perinatal and social factors and learning disability were also determined. It was found that 12.5% of twins had learning disabilities. The most common neurodevelopmental dysfunction were language disorders, poor graphomotor fluency and poor fine motor dexterity. It was also found that educational difficulty were associated with prematurity, low Apgar scores, neonatal complications and familial predisposition.

Keywords

TwinsLearning disabilityNeurodevelopmental dysfunctionRisk factorsEducationSocio-economic factors
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 47 , Issue 3-4 , October 1998 , pp. 205 - 213
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1998

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