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Health Supervision for Children With Down Syndrome

PEDIATRICS · 2011 · Vol. 128(2) · pp. 393–406

Marilyn J. Bull✉(National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)

Abstract

These guidelines are designed to assist the pediatrician in caring for the child in whom a diagnosis of Down syndrome has been confirmed by chromosome analysis. Although a pediatrician's initial contact with the child is usually during infancy, occasionally the pregnant woman who has been given a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome will be referred for review of the condition and the genetic counseling provided. Therefore, this report offers guidance for this situation as well.

Family and Disability Support Research Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Down syndrome and intellectual disability researchMedicineGenetic counselingPediatricsDown syndromePrenatal diagnosisFamily medicinePregnancyPsychiatryFetusGenetics