The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
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To evaluate emotional and behavioral outcomes in adolescents who in early childhood were treated for mild developmental deficits; and to identify predictive factors in early childhood, for future emotional and social competence abnormalities. ⋯ The perception of parents and children with minor developmental deficits observed in early childhood regarding their emotional and social competence during adolescence is similar to typical youths.