Screening tools for Down syndrome (trisomy 21) have become more sensitive and specific during the last few years. The use of biochemical markers for the screening of patients with fetuses having ...

The clinical name for Down syndrome is trisomy 21, a condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome, causing ...

Clinically, these findings are not very significant; however, if identified, they may serve as ultrasound markers. One study did identify an increase in the detection of fetal macroglossia with ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the ...

An emerging field of genetics promises to let parents choose the “healthiest” baby.

As a shy kid with Down syndrome, Dyke started dance classes in Adelaide when he was 12. This year, he became the first Australian with Down syndrome to direct a mainstage work for a professional ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of hydroxychloroquine treatment on interleukin 6 (IL6), hyaluronic acid (HA), and soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL2R) concentrations in the saliva and serum of ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...