Zusammenfassung der Ressource
A child with
abnormal face
- chromosomal
abnormalities
- structural
- Ring chromosome
- Translocation
- During cell division, a part of the
number 21 chromosome breaks off and
attaches itself to another chromosome
- Duplication
- Inversion
- Deletion
- Numerical
- Trisomy
13
- Trisomy
18
- Trisomy 21
- Down syndrome
- Types of down syndrome
- Mosaicism
- A faulty cell division occurs in one of
the early cell division after
conception, resulting in some cells
having 46 or 47 chromosomes.
- Antenatal tests
- Screening
Test
- Ultrasound
- Blood Test
- Diagnostic
Test
- Amniocentesis
- CVS
- Physical Features
- Upward slanting
eyes
- Epicanthal folds
- Brushfield
spots
- Midface
hypoplasia
- Dysplastic
pinnae
- Generalized
hypotonia
- Small mouth & protruding
tongue
- short fingers
- short neck
- Flattened facial
features
- Complications
- Heart
problems
- Gut
problems
- Hearing problems
- vision problems
- Thyroid
problems
- Dementia
- Increased risk of infection
- IQ test
- Mild
- 50-60
- Moderate
- 35-49
- Severe
- 20-34
- Profound
- <20
- Genetic
consulling
- Management
- Communication
- Risk factors
- Smoking
- Maternal Age
- Having previous pregnancies with
D.S. (translocation type)
- Effects
- Siblings
- High level of maturity
- Parents
- Shock
- There is an extra #21 chromosome
in each cell
- Tests
- FISH
- karyotyping
- Demographics
- Baby boy