Diagnosis and Management of Down Syndrome (original) (raw)

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Down syndrome is the commonest chromosomal disorder causing mild to moderate intellectual disability, yet it is one of the neglected disorder amongst practicing physicians. Children with Down syndrome when intervened early by speech therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy and given proper medical attention for different health issues, can have a better long term outcome as compared to other genetic causes of intellectual disability. This paper would help the general practitioners to identify children with Down syndrome and to manage the common problems associated with this condition.

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The authors thank Dr Shubha Phadke, SGPGI, Lucknow for her invaluable comments. They also thank Dr Savita Sapra, Child Psychologist, Division of Genetics, AIIMS and Dr Shanti Aulluck, President and Director, Muskaan, NGO, New Delhi for their inputs.

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  1. Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
    Neerja Agarwal Gupta & Madhulika Kabra

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  1. Neerja Agarwal Gupta
  2. Madhulika Kabra

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Agarwal Gupta, N., Kabra, M. Diagnosis and Management of Down Syndrome.Indian J Pediatr 81, 560–567 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-013-1249-7

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