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>the mysterious absence of Down's Syndrome children in many places these days. could you please expand ?
by pinkyand 12y ago
>the mysterious absence of Down's Syndrome children in many places these days.
could you please expand ?
- alecdbrooks 12y agoI don't know what places the author's referring to, but according to one study, most fetuses diagnosed with Down Syndrome in Europe [0] and the United States [1] are aborted. The rate of live births has remained steady, but apparently it would be significantly higher if not for prenatal screening [2]. This discrepancy isn't very mysterious, nor is it really an absence, so maybe the GP has something else in mind? [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10521836 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10521836 [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22418958 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22418958 [2]: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pd.2702/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pd.2702/full