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In  brief

at a glance

Summary Overview

overview

In Depth

indepth

parent-friendly

 
General medical/health

overviewWhat medical help can GPs give families who have a child with Down's syndrome?
Article first published in MIMS magazine in 1992. Updated 2001. 14.11.01

overviewHealthcare services and support for people with Down’s syndrome in the UK Parent Friendly
Information compiled by DSMIG about current provision and availability of services in the UK. A version of this article originally appeared in the 'Journal of the Down's Syndrome Association', Issue 110, Winter 2005/06 . March 2006. Last updated March 2007

overviewMedical Management of Children with Down's Syndrome
Marder EM, Dennis J. Article commissioned by 'Current Paediatrics' in 2001. Reprinted from Current paediatrics. vol11(1): 57-63. by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone. Please note that this article may not be printed or otherwise reproduced or distributed without the permission of the original publisher. PDF. 2001

overviewClinical Aspects of Down Syndrome from Infancy to Adulthood
Overview paper by Siegfried Pueschel. American Journal of Medical Genetics Supplement 7:52-56 Copyright © 1990 Wiley-Liss, Inc. Reproduced with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1990

overviewSchedule of Health Checks Parent Friendly
Suggested schedule of basic essential childhood health checks taken from the PCHR insert. October 2000

Useful Links

Great care has been taken in selecting sites for inclusion in the Medical Library. However DSMIG is not responsible for the content of external sites and the Group does not necessarily endorse all the information they contain.

Intellectual Disability
Interactive training site for medical students and health professionals created by St. George's Hospital Medical School and the Down's Syndrome Association.

Down Syndrome Listserv
Website compiled from the contributions of the Down Syndrome Listserv including the American Down Syndrome Preventive Medical Checklist (1996) edited by Dr William Cohen, Chairman of DSMIG (US), together with an extensive reference bibliography.