Study of Clinical Characteristics of Intellectual Disability in Morocco.

Objective: Intellectual disability (ID) is considered one of the most common human disorders characterized by significant deficits in cognition and functional and adaptive skills. The aims of this study were to describe the demographic and clinical features of a group of Moroccan individuals with ID living in the Tangier-Tetouan region.

Design: This was a retro-prospective and descriptive exploratory monocentric study realized between November 2020 and August 2023.

Intellectual Disability in Morocco: A Pilot Study.

Intellectual disability (ID) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a congenital limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour. Our present work aimed to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics in a series of Moroccan individuals with ID living in Fez city and its regions. It was a prospective and descriptive exploratory monocentric study carried out between October 2014 and July 2019.

Screening of the duplication 24 pb of ARX gene in Moroccan patients with X-linked Intellectual Disability.

Objective: Intellectual Disability (ID) represents a neuropsychiatric disorder, which its etiopathogenesis remains insufficiently understood. Mutations in the Aristaless Related Homeobox gene (ARX) have been identified to cause syndromic and nonsyndromic (NS-ID). The most recurrent mutation of this gene is a duplication of 24pb, c.