Symptom: Mental retardation

Mental retardation: Reduced mental ability or intelligence.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Mental retardation:

Possible causes of symptom: Mental retardation (10 conditions)

Medical conditions causing symptom: Mental retardation (36 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Mental retardation (12 conditions)

Disease information: see also Mental retardation condition information

Medical articles on symptoms: These general medical articles may be of interest:

Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
Symptoms and Medical Malpractice
Medical mistakes and their rates, causes and prevention
Deaths and sudden death

Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions

Possible causes of symptom: Mental retardation: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Mental retardation as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Learning disorders (type of Mental illness)
Chromosome disorders
Down syndrome
Metabolic disorders
Childbirth injury
Maternal drug use
Genetic birth defects
Prenatal infections
Infections contracted at birth
Cerebral palsy

Conditions listing symptoms: Mental retardation: The following list of conditions have 'Mental retardation' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Aicardi syndrome ... mental retardation

Alexander Syndrome ... mental retardation, physical retardation

Alpers Syndrome ... progressive mental retardation

Angelman syndrome ... retardation

C

Canavan disease ... mental retardation

Classic galactosemia ... mental retardation

Coffin-Lowry syndrome ... mental retardation

Congenital hypothyroidism ... mental retardation

Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... mental retardation

Craniosynostosis ... mental retardation

D

Down Syndrome ... Mental retardation

Dwarfism ... subnormal intelligence

E

Encephaloceles ... mental retardation

F

Fahr's Syndrome ... mental retardation

Fetal alcohol syndrome ... Mental retardation

Fragile-X Syndrome ... mental retardation

H

Hallervorden-Spatz disease ... mental retardation

Holoprosencephaly ... mental retardation

I

Infantile Spasms ... mental retardation

J

Joubert Syndrome ... mental retardation

M

Megalencephaly ... mental retardation

Microcephaly ... mental retardation

Mobius syndrome ... Mental retardation

Myxedema ... mental dullness

N

Neonatal ALD ... mental retardation

Neuronal Migration Disorders ... mental retardation

O

Ohtahara Syndrome ... mental retardation

P

Phenylketonuria ... mental retardation

Porencephaly ... mental retardation

Progeria ... mental retardation

S

Schizencephaly ... mental retardation

Septo-Optic Dysplasia ... mental retardation

Soto's Syndrome ... mild mental retardation

T

Tuberous sclerosis ... mental retardation

W

Williams Syndrome ... mental retardation, below average IQ

Z

Zellweger Syndrome ... mental retardation

Conditions listing complications: Mental retardation: The following list of conditions have 'Mental retardation' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.