OBJECTIVE To study the occurrence of cluttering in individuals with Down syndrome (DS) taking into account the wide range of symptoms that may be found in cluttering. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-six speech language therapists, who had clients with DS among their caseload, administered the Predictive Cluttering Inventory in 76 individuals with DS aged between 3.8 and 57.3 years. RESULTS Sixt...

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...

Down syndrome is a common congenital disorder affecting approximately 1/1000 live births. Newborns and children with Down syndrome may present with many haematological problems. In addition, benign abnormalities of the blood count and blood film, which may manifest at any age, population-based and cancer-based registries and clinical trials suggest there is a approximately 12-fold increased ris...