Down+Syndrome-Description

Down Syndrome occurs when an individual has a extra copy chromosome #21. It is caused by a genetic "accident" around the time of conception. In 1866, Edouard Seguin, a french physician, one of the first educators to open a school for the menally retarded. Early dodtors and scientists did not understand that many different disorders can be caused by retardation.
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