The UNC Down Syndrome Clinic is the first of its kind in North Carolina and one of only a handful of similar clinics across ...

A new research study led by Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, Director of the Neuroimmunology Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, shows evidence of dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier and ...

World Down Syndrome Day is right around the corner, and I invite you to join us in celebrating on March 21! This special day ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), about 1 in 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, which equates to about 5,100 births per year. While many cases are ...

Investigators led by CHLA’s Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, published a new research study that links Down syndrome Regression ...

Danon disease is a rare but serious cardiomyopathy that drastically reduces life expectancy. Male patients infrequently live ...

The "rocking" of colorful, mismatched socks every March 21 might seem like a weirdly random tradition on a weirdly random day ...

Down Syndrome, known as Trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21. It affects facial appearance, ...

What is Guillain-Barré syndrome? Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS ... Know the reason for your visit and what you want to happen. Before your visit, write down questions you want answered. Bring someone ...

All individuals with Down syndrome (DS) eventually develop Alzheimer’s disease ... with Repeated Measures (RM) (‘session’ x ‘karyotype’ x ‘treatment’ or ‘trial x karyotype x treatment’). The rest of ...

Similarly, in Klinefelter syndrome, where men have an extra X chromosome (XXY ... recurrent implantation failure or pregnancy loss despite normal sperm parameters, karyotyping for Robertsonian ...