Down Syndrome

Current Perspectives

Richard W Newton, Shiela Puri, Liz Marder

• Publisher: Mac Keith Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781909962477
• eBook ISBN: 9781909962477
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Genetics in Medicine

Down syndrome remains the most common recognisable form of intellectual disability. The challenge for doctors today is how to capture the rapidly expanding body of scientific knowledge and devise models of care to meet the needs of individuals and their families. This book provides doctors and other health professionals with the information they need to address the challenges that can present in the management of the syndrome.Chapters written by internationally-respected paediatricians with a special interest in Down syndrome cover Down syndrome comorbidities, such as hearing problems, gastrointestinal disorders, congenital heart diseases, as well as the underlying biology and new developments in molecular genetics. Each chapter is illustrated with informative case scenarios and answers to FAQs from parents and carers.

Table of contents

• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• AUTHORS’ APPOINTMENTS
• FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• PROLOGUE
• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 2 ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS
• 3 ANTENATAL DIAGNOSIS: GIVING THE NEWS
• 4 LIFE WITH AND FOR A PERSON WITH DOWN SYNDROME
• 5 HEARING ISSUES
• 6 VISION AND EYE DISORDERS
• 7 IMMUNE FUNCTION, INFECTION AND AUTOIMMUNITY
• 8 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
• 9 RESPIRATORY DISEASE
• 10 GROWTH
• 11 ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
• 12 HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
• 13 GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
• 14 RENAL AND URINARY TRACTABNORMALITIES
• 15 MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS
• 16 DERMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS
• 17 ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH
• 18 NEUROPSYCHIATRY OF DOWN SYNDROME
• 19 INTERVENTION AND ALTERNATIVETHERAPIES: MEDICINE, MYTH ANDMAGICAL BELIEF
• 20 PERSPECTIVES
• APPENDIX 1 MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE AND GUIDELINES
• APPENDIX 2 SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES
• INDEX