Minor neurodevelopmental disorders in children born to older mothers.

• In order to test the hypothesis that rates of motor and perceptual deficits in children tend to increase with maternal age, 65 children aged five and six years born to mothers with a mean age of 39.4 years were compared with 55 age-matched children born to mothers with a mean age of 27.9 years. The hypothesis was supported in that fine-motor problems were five times more common among the children born to older mothers than among those born to younger mothers. Visuo-perceptual dysfunction and attentional deficit signs also were much more common among the children of older mothers. The contribution of various associated factors to these results is discussed.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Adult

Amniocentesis

Attention

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

etiology

Child

Delirium

Dementia

Amnestic

Cognitive Disorders

Etiology

Female

Humans

Language Development Disorders

Etiology

Learning Disorders

Etiology

Male

Maternal Age

Motor Skills

Movement Disorders

Etiology

Nervous System Diseases

Etiology

Perceptual Disorders

Etiology

Pregnancy

High-Risk

Reaction Time

Speech Disorders

Etiology

Visual Perception

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