Medical Issues

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• Information About Down Syndrome
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General Health

• Dr Len Leshin's Homepage (a pediatrician who has a child with DS)
• Health Care Guidelines for Individuals with  Down Syndrome: 1999 Revision
• Health Watch for the person with Down Syndrome
• Health Issues
• How to treat people with DS - for Doctors
• Growth Charts
• Risk and Recurrent Risk of DS
• The Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group

AAI

• Atlanto-Axial Instability. Guidelines for Screening Screening
• Atlanto-Axial Instability - Controversy & Commentary
• Atlanto-Axial Instability
• The Neck

Dental

• Your Child's Dental Health
• Dental Care for the Patient with Down Syndrome
• Dentistry for people with disabilities

Genetics

• Mosaic DS on the WEb
• Mosaic DS - article

Heart

• Down's Heart Organization

Leukemia

• DS & Leukemia

For Wowmen and Girls

Supplements

• Trisomy 21 Research Foundation

Therapies

• American Music Therapy Association
• CMBDS (Center for Motor Behavior in Down Syndrome)
• MAKATON  Information for Parents and Carers
• Makaton Home Page

Thyroid disorders

• Thyroid Dysfunction in people with DS
• The Thyroid and DS

Other Medical Issues

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea and DS
• Celiac Disease and Down Syndrome
• Constipation and Down Syndrome
• Diseases of the Blood and DS
• Down Syndrome and Epilepsy
• Gastroesophageal Reflux and Down Syndrome