Utilization of acute medical facilities in a hospital for the mentally retarded

Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation) - Review of Literature and Some Complementary Approaches of Management

“…[34] Persons with profound MR with multiple disabilities and inability to ambulate or selffeed have a much shorter life expectancy. [35] Death is often sudden and unexpected, especially among ID with seizure disorders. [36,37] Klinefelter syndrome (XXY) is the most common cause of hypogonadism in males and patients are characteristically sterile.…”