Deceased DS Adults
Thirteen of 38 of our DS adults were deceased. The mean age of death was 48.5 years (range, 32–67 years). In the middle-aged group, 4/18 […]
A recent life-table study in British Columbia of live-born individuals with DS reports that over half survive into their fifties, 40% to age 60, and 13% to age 68 years.
information in order to delineate thenatural history of DS in adulthood. This information will assist family physicians, community health care workers, and families in anticipating […]
Functional Health
The decline in PCS scores in the middle decades of life was associated with an increase in the frequency of musculoskeletal complaints, particularly the symptoms […]
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The Little People of America Inc. (LPA)1 is the largestadvocacy support organization of its kind in theUnited States, consisting of individuals with skeletal dysplasias or […]
Changing the Paradigm of Disease Prevention and the Definition of a Genetic Disease
Over the past decade, medical genetics has emergedas an important and powerful medical specialty with increasing appreciation of its role and function among the medical […]