Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Internal Medicine
DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE REVIEWS &
REPORTS
The "on-line" journal, Developmental Medicine Reviews and Reports was created in 1998 to stimulate interest regarding those medical conditions which frequently occur in adults with "developmental-onset chronic brain disorders"--- brain disorders which first occur while the brain is still developing, that is before age 21 years.
There are hundreds of different inherited or acquired "medical" causes (etiologies) of "developmental-onset chronic brain disorders": for example Down Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, PKU, Tuberous Sclerosis, Congenital Rubella Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Septo-Optic Dysplasia, and birth injury. Many of these disorders are not limited to the brain and have additional multisystem manifestations as well.
Medical complications/clinical conditions which occur as a result of developmental-onset brain injury include--cognitive dysfunction, seizures, skeletal muscle dysfunction, and severe maladaptive behaviors, There are many additional secondary/tertiary complications as well, such as dysphagia, gastroesophageal reflux, constipation, Helicobacter Pylori gastritis, aspiration pneumonia, and osteoporosis.
The "interactive" companion to Developmental Medicine Reviews and Reports is the MEDICAL-DD listserve. CLICK HERE
Developmental Medicine Reviews and Reports also supports the electronic bulletin board The Developmental Medicine Forum, which contains links to the academic Developmental Medicine Program at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School CLICK HERE , and also to a variety of additional resources and information related to brain injury/dysfunction and its secondary and tertiary complications encountered in adults. CLICK HERE .
"Developmental Medicine Reviews and Reports" is published monthly by the Developmental Medicine Program of the Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ .
To contribute, send your report by e-mail to: maypb@umdnj.edu or Fax to 908 730-1322.
Phone 908-510-3062 for questions.
Philip B. May, Jr. MD, Managing Editor.