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Posted On : 23 Jul 2007

What is the role of chrosomal analysis of parents having a child with Down Syndrome?

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pediatriconcall

Chromosomal analysis of the parents is required if there is a translocation in the child. For further details, read the article on DOWNS syndrome on www.pediatriconcall.com or from the link given below:

http:www.pediatriconcall.com-fordoctor-diseasesandcondition-PEDIATRIC_GENETICS.asp

17 years ago

DR.NIZAM

there is a possibilty of translocations,in which case future pregnancies will have risk of downs

17 years ago

samir

to detect the syndrome early and to avoid down syndrome in subsequent pregnancy and for family councilling

17 years ago

safy nawar

to detect rate of recurrence

17 years ago

Mike McGill

Most are the result of meiotic non-disjunction which is non transmissible to the next child. You are mainly excluding a translocation { Less than 5 Percent downs} in which a parent maybe a carrier with subsequent increased risk to next newborn

17 years ago

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