متلازمة داون في مصر

Down syndrome in Egypt

Ezzat Elsobky and Solaf M. Elsayed

Pediatrics Hospital, Ain Shams University

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) is the most common and best-known chromosomal disorder and is the single most common genetic cause of mental retardation. Governmental care of this syndrome and other handicapping conditions has increased tremendously in the past few years to the extent that DS phenotype has became a phobia and many parents and/or physicians referred normal babies for karyotype for suspicion of chromosomal anomalies or for reassurance of their parents. On the other hand, prenatal screening is still inaccessible to most families and almost all cases of Down syndrome are diagnosed postnatally.