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Epidemiology of Down syndrome in 118,265 consecutive births

3 Jun 2005

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The epidemiology of Down syndrome (DS) was studied in the area which is covered by our registry of congenital malformations. For each of the 139 new DS cases which were ascertained during the period 1979 to 1987 more than 50 factors were studied and compared to those from control infants. The prevalence of DS was 1.17%; 3.6% of the DS cases were stillbirths and 14.4% were induced abortions. Karyotypes were...

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PMID: 2149980
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320370715

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