Down Flashcards
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2
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What Characterizes Complete Trisomy 21?
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The Most Common
3
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Complete Trisomy 21
- Karyotyping
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47,XX + 21
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Incidence of Complete Trisomy 21
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5
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What Is Complete Trisomy 21 dependent on?
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Maternal Age
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Cause of Complete Trisomy 21
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- Non-disjunction of chromosome 21 during meiotic division (80 % in maternal meiosis I)
- lt occurs during oogenesis more than spermatogenesis.
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Mosaic Down Syndrome
- Karyotyping
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47, XX + 21 / 46, XX
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Translocation Down Syndrome
- Karyotyping
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46,XX, t(14q, 21q)
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D/21 Translocation
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- lf ovum contains translocation chromosome only, fertilization by normal sperm will Iead to …..
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BTC —> (45 chromosome but genome of 46 chromosomes)
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- lf ovum contains translocation chromosome and normal chromosome 21, fertilization by normal sperm will lead to …..
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Down syndrome (46 chromosome but genome of 47 chromosomes)
12
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G/21 Translocation
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13
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Down Syndrome
- Constant Features
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- Delayed physical growth
- Delayed mental development (mild to moderate mentaI retardation)
- Hypotonia
14
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CP of Down Syndrome
- Head
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CP of Down Syndrome
- Eyes
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CP of Down Syndrome
- Nose
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Small with depressed nasal bridge