Chou and Chang identified risk factors for mental retardation occurring in a patient with the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). The authors are from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Patient selection: tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)
Outcome: mental retardation
Risk factors for mental retardation:
(1) poorly controlled seizures (often generalized tonic clonic seizures)
(2) cortical tubercles and/or subependymal nodules on imaging studies (CT or MRI) of the brain
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Specialty: Genetics, Neurology
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