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Is Down Syndrome gender or racial biased? No. These factors are not mentioned anywhere. See- It is a chromosome abnormality and has nothing to do with gender or race Nope. Down Syndrome occurs in all race groups, and is no more common in either gender. However, older mothers are at greater risk of having a baby with Down Syndrome. |
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The abnormality is three copies of chromosome 21 (normally there are only two copies). This causes defects in the metabolism and morphology of the cells in the patient's body. Because it alw... There is nothing at all wrong with your question. As many others have said, a baby of any ethnicity can have Down syndrome. As the mom to a beautiful little boy with Down syndrome, I am active in... Well the woman that is caring the child should get tested. There are only two reason why you would get tested 1.) to educate yourself or 2.) prepare yourself to abort the baby. Most people think th... the person who was doing your scan was jumping the gun a bit by saying it could possibly be DS. are you scheduled for a level 2 or high intensity ultra-sound (done by a perinatologist...not a techn... Translocation Down syndrome can be inherited. An unaffected person can carry a rearrangement of genetic material between chromosome 21 and another chromosome. This rearrangement is called a balance... Sounds like you had the Triple screen. It is not certain that your baby will have downs. The only marker to positively ID downs is an amnio that genetically detects the Trisomy 21 defect on the d... "Most cases of Down syndrome are not inherited, but occur as random events during the formation of reproductive cells (eggs and sperm)." -- ... Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy-21, is a genetic condition in which there are 3 copies of the 21st chromosome, as opposed to the normal 2 copies. A person with Down syndrome has 47 chromosome... |
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