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What are the prenatal causes of mental retardation?

Highlight the prenatal causes of mental retardation.

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Maurice
(i) Drugs.

(ii) Poor nutrition.

(iii) Birth defects/ neutral tube defects.

(iv) X-ray/ radiation.

(v) Age of the mother.

(vi) High blood pressure.

(vii) Blood poisoning/ toxemia.

(viii) Trauma during pregnancy/ accidents.

(ix) Unknown causes.

(x) Genetic/ hereditary causes/ chromosome abnormalities of genes such as phenylketonuria (PKU)

(xi) Prenatal illness/ congenital infections/ conditions/ maternal infection/ illness such as rubella/ German measles/ syphilis.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 26, 2017 at 13:48

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