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Down's Syndrome Links

Down syndrome affects people of all ages, races and economic levels. It is the most frequently occurring chromosomal abnormality, occurring once in approximately every 800 to 1,000 live births. Over 350,000 people in the United States alone have Down syndrome.

Down syndrome is usually caused by an error in cell division called non-disjunction. However, two other types  of chromosomal abnormalities, mosaicism and translocation, are also implicated in Down syndrome – although to a much lesser extent. Regardless of the type of Down syndrome which a person may have, all people with Down syndrome have an extra, critical portion of the number 21 chromosome present in all, or some, of their cells. This additional genetic material alters the course of development and causes the characteristics associated with the syndrome.

• The Down's Syndome WWW page
• National Down's Sydrome Society
• UPSIDE! Down Syndrome Society
• Down Syndrome: Health Issues - Medical Essays and Information
• National Association for Down's Syndrome
• UK Resources for Down's Syndrome
• The Arc's Q and A on Down's Syndrome
• DSRF Website
• Canadian Down Syndrome Society
• Initiative for people with Down's Syndrome
• Down Syndrome Sites on the internet
• National Down Syndrome Congress
• Family Empowerment Network (The Casten Family)
• Riverbend Down Syndrome Parent Support Group
• Sara G's "Being Into Down Syndrome" Page (lots of photos and stories!)
• Downscity Homepage
• Down Syndrome Cyber Port Lounge
• Down Syndrome Quarterly (a multi-disciplinary journal)
• A description of Down Syndrome characteristics by Dr. Siegfried M. Pueschel
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) Page on DS (a medical description)
• Ask NOAH About: Down's Syndrome
• Down's Syndrome: Does it affect dental development?
• Health Care Management of Adults with Down's Syndrome (American Family Physician)
• Down Syndrome: How to treat People with Down's Syndrome

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