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Understanding Down Syndrome - God’s Special Children
- By Scarlett Capelli
- Published 09/7/2008
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Down syndrome or DS affects approximately one out of every eight hundred babies that are born It is a condition that is caused by a genetic abnormality inside the child’s body and can lead to a number of complications
Down Syndrome Health Issues
- By Caren Granger
- Published 08/5/2008
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Down syndrome is a genetic disease resulting from the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome (trisomy 21). The medical consequences of this extra genetic material are highly variable and may affect the function of any organ system or bodily process.