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Down syndrome  

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  • DOWN SYNDROME (also called tnsomy 21) is a genetic disorder caused by the abnormal presence of the entire or a part of an extra chromosome 21. The disease is named after John Langdon Down, a British doctor who described it in 1866. [Source: Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research; Down Syndrome]

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