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Slow motor development

Slow motor development

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Slow motor development is a symptom of a fine motor or gross motor developmental delay in a child's maturation.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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