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Down Syndrome
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In one in every one thousand births, an extra chromosome results in the birth of a baby with Down's Syndrome; a genetic disorder resulting in mental retardation.
In 1866, physician John Langdon Down, in Surrey England, identified a set of children with common features of mental retardation. Down ....
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....les don't effect every patient in the same way, and therefore different effects of the disease are presented in each case.
Patients with Down's Syndrome can lead almost normal lives and be just as healthy as other children; but Down's has no cure, and therefore symptoms remain through the entire course of a patient's life. Even with low to moderate levels of retardation rarely do patients live past 40. Many are very healthy, but often Down's is accompanied by other medical problems. Patients a.... |
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