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Down Syndrome Summary
1,599 words, approx. 5 pages Down Syndrome Also referred to as Down toll-free (800) 232-NDSC National Down Syndrome Society Address: 141 Fifth Avenue, Suite 75 New York, NY 10010 Telephone: (212)...
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Down Syndrome Summary
1,062 words, approx. 4 pages Down syndrome, also called trisomy 21, is the single most common genetic cause of moderate mental retardation. It occurs in about one of every eight hundred live births. It is caused by the inheritance of an extra copy of chromosome 21. The condition...
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Down Syndrome Summary
859 words, approx. 3 pages Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is the most common identifiable form of mental retardation caused caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the patient's set of chromosomes (karyotype). Nevertheless, this condition is also associated with...
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Down's Syndrome Summary
511 words, approx. 2 pages Records about the existence of Down's syndrome date back to the Saxons, from whom we have anecdotal reports of the disorder. The first medical report of the condition was not published, however, until 1866. In that year, the British physician, J....
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Down syndrome Information
7,251 words, approx. 24 pages
 Down syndrome or trisomy 21 (usually Down's Syndrome in British English[1]) is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British doctor who described it in 1866. The...




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Down Syndrome.
03/01/2000: 1,064 words, approx. 4 pages THUMB'S UP RICO MARIA TESTA The touching story of a boy with Down syndrome and his attempts at basketball, friendship and art. It shows how special needs are not a hindrance, but rather a blessing to the child. AW129DS $14.95 ...
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Understanding Down Syndrome
10/15/1996: 835 words, approx. 3 pages When Helen started fourth grade this year, she found that several new students had joined her class. One of them, a boy named Brian, seemed a little bit different from the other kids. That's because he has Down syndrome. Down syndrome is named...
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Congresswoman's baby has Down syndrome
5/30/2007: 336 words, approx. 1 pages Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said Wednesday that her month-old son, Cole, has been diagnosed with Down syndrome."This news has been difficult to get our arms around. Like every parent, we have hopes and dreams for our children," McMorris Rodgers said in a letter to constituents...
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Mexican school for Down syndrome art gains international acclaim
11/15/2007: 626 words, approx. 2 pages Bending over detailed engravings and squinting at their canvases, art students in white smocks toil amid rows of easels. Their paintings tour fine art museums in the U.S. and Europe, impressing connoisseurs.Their work recalls paintings by expressionist masters, but these students have Down syndrome. Their...


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