Down syndrome in Israel
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Down syndrome in Israel.
The incidence of Down syndrome was studied in Jerusalem for the years 1964-1970 showing an overall incidence rate of 2.43 per 1,000 live births. A National Down Syndrome Register was established in 1978 and data on annual incidence and mortality rates from 1979-1997 is presented. The incidence in 1997 was 1.0 per 1,000 live births, but 2.32 per 1,000, when live births and terminated pregnancies...
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BACKGROUND The national program for the prevention of Down syndrome includes screening (using the triple test) and invasive diagnostic tests in women at risk for a Down syndrome pregnancy. However, despite the program, the majority of Down syndrome infants are born alive (approximately 1/1000 live births). OBJECTIVES To determine whether the relatively high incidence of Down syndrome at birth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Down Syndrome Research and Practice
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0968-7912,1753-7606
DOI: 10.3104/reports.104