Down Syndrome Children - An Update

Author(s): Ashraf El-Mitwalli

DOI: 10.2174/9781681081342115010012

Neurological Manifestations of Down Syndrome

Pp: 313-347 (35)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality. A variety of neurological manifestations including stroke, epilepsy, cervical spinal cord compression, and basal ganglia damage may complicate the syndrome. As the neurologists have little chance to see a good number of DS patients and hence their expertise in this field is lesser than psychiatrists, it is suggested that cooperation between both neurologists and psychiatrists especially the learning disability might lead to better outcome of neurological complications of DS. This chapter reviews the commonest neurological complications associated with DS.

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