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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797299303321

Titolo

Down syndrome : current perspectives / / edited by Richard W. Newton, Shiela Puri, Liz Marder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Mac Keith Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-909962-48-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Clinics in Developmental Medicine

Disciplina

616.858842

Soggetti

Down syndrome

Down syndrome - Patients

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ADVANCES INMOLECULAR GENETICS; 3 ANTENATAL DIAGNOSIS:GIVING THE NEWS; 4 LIFE WITH AND FOR A PERSONWITH DOWN SYNDROME; 5 HEARING ISSUES; 6 VISION AND EYE DISORDERS; 7 IMMUNE FUNCTION, INFECTIONAND AUTOIMMUNITY; 8 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; 9 RESPIRATORY DISEASE; 10 GROWTH; 11 ENDOCRINE DISORDERS; 11b Diabetes in Children with Down Syndrome; 12 HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS; 13 GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS; 14 RENAL AND URINARY TRACTABNORMALITIES; 15 MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS; 16 DERMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS

17 ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH18 NEUROPSYCHIATRY OFDOWN SYNDROME; Part 1: Neurological Disorders; Part 2: Developmental, Psychological andPsychiatric Function; Part 3: Mental Health and Dementia in Adults withDown Syndrome; 19 INTERVENTION AND ALTERNATIVETHERAPIES: MEDICINE, MYTH ANDMAGICAL BELIEF; 20 PERSPECTIVES; APPENDIX 1 MEDICAL SURVEILLANCEAND GUIDELINES; APPENDIX 2 SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCESFOR FAMILIES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The most up-to-date resource on the management of Down syndrome and its comorbidities such as congenital heart disease, gastrointestinal disorders and skin disorders.