... LGS, but add that not all individuals with LGS are `mentally retarded" (approximately 10% are within normal intellectual ranges), and many others are often difficult to test. Some authors refer to the presence of personality disorders and behavioural abnormalities, but are no more specific. Many clinical features of LGS have been directly linked with the manifestation of cognitive deficiencies ... a known cause of intellectual impairment and a contributing factor in behavioural anomalies). PROGNOSIS Intractability (being difficult to manage) and chronicity (prolonged length of illness) ar...

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