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Cognitive Deficits (cont.)

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cognitive deficits, mental retardation, MR, cognitive impairment, learning disabilities, learning disability, global developmental delay, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, global developmental delay, IQ test, intelligence quotient test, Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, attention deficit, genetic syndrome, chromosome abnormality, brain injury, intellectual disability

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