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Types and characteristics of cretinism1
| Neurologic cretinism is characterized by the following: |
| • Growth retardation |
| • Severe mental retardation with squint |
| • Deaf-mutism |
| • Motor spasticity |
| Myxedematous cretinism is characterized by the following: |
| • Growth retardation |
| • Less severe mental retardation when compared with neurologic cretinism |
| • Other clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism and delayed sexual maturation |
