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Diseases » Dyslexia » Causes

Causes of Dyslexia

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Dyslexia Causes: Book Excerpts

Principal Causes of Developmental Delay - Developmental Delay

Dyslexia as a symptom:

Conditions listing Dyslexia as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Dyslexia. Our database lists the following as having Dyslexia as a symptom of that condition:

Medical news summaries relating to Dyslexia:

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As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Dyslexia may be found in:

Causes of Dyslexia: Online Medical Books

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Developmental Delay: Principal Causes of Developmental Delay
(The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)

Grossmotor delay
1. Cerebralpalsy
2. Neuromuscular disorders
Delayed or impaired language
1. Impairedhearing
2. Receptive and expressive language disorders
3. Pervasive developmental disorders
Static global delay
1. Chromosomaldisturbances
2. Maternal or infant undernutrition
3. Maternal drug or alcohol use
4. Cerebral malformation
5. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
6. Intracranial hemorrhage
7. Infection
8. Brain tumor
9. Cerebrovascular disorders
10. Psychologic disturbances
11. Unknown
Progressive global delay
1. Neurocutaneousdisorders
  1. Tuberoussclerosis
  2. Neurofibromatosis
2. Metabolic brain disorders
  1. Diseasesprimarily affecting gray matter (without visceral storage)
    1. GM-2 gangliosidosis(Tay-Sachs disease)
    2. Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
    3. Alpers disease
    4. Menkes disease
    5. Rett syndrome
  2. Diseases primarily affecting gray matter(with visceral storage)
    1. GM-1 gangliosidosis
    2. GM-2 gangliosidosis (Sandhoff disease)
    3. Niemann-Pick disease
    4. Gaucher disease
    5. Fucosidosis
    6. Sialidosis type II
  3. Diseases primarily affecting whitematter
    1. Galactosemia
    2. Phenylketonuria
    3. Maple syrup urine disease (intermediate)
    4. Homocystinuria
    5. Urea cycle defects
    6. Canavan disease
    7. Alexander disease
    8. Globoid leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease)
    9. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
    10. Metachromatic leukodystrophy
  4. Diseases affecting both gray and whitematter
    1. Mucopolysaccharidoses
      1. Mucopolysaccharidosistype I (Hurler disease)
      2. Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (Hunterdisease)
      3. Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (Sanfilippodisease)
      4. Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (Slydisease)
    2. Mitochondrial disorders
    3. Peroxisomal disorders
  5. Miscellaneous
    1. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
3. Congenital hypothyroidism
4. Human immunodeficiency virus infection