Journal on Developmental Disabilities

The Journal on Developmental Disabilities is a peer-reviewed journal with a growing regional and international readership.

Volume 14 Number 2	other issues
	Editors / Table of Contents Foreword Articles IBI for Children With Autism USA Special Education Doctoral Programs Parent Training and Angelman Syndrome Families of Forty Year Olds With DS Individualized Funding Down Syndrome in Sudan Preference Assessment for Children with Multiple Disabilities DISC: Concurrent Validity Sexual Offences Brief Reports Involvement in Activities Monitoring Psychotherapy Outcomes Parental Stress and Coping Celiac Disease Family Quality of Life Evaluation of JoDD
A First Cytogenetic Study of Down Syndrome in Sudan Mona Ellaithi, Therese Nilsson, Atif Elagib A, Imad Fadl-Elmula, and David Gisselsson
Abstract In this study, we report the first series of cases of Down syndrome (DS) cytogenetically analyzed in Sudan. Five children with clinical features of DS underwent cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic analyses. Cytogenetic analysis of parents was also performed for counselling purposes. All children showed karyotypes consistent with DS. One child showed a Robertsonian translocation that was not present in either of her parents. The other cases showed classical trisomy 21. Molecular cytogenetic analysis confirmed the diagnosis in one case. Cytogenetic analysis of suspected DS is of value to objectively confirm the diagnosis and to provide a basis for genetic counselling. download article >>

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A First Cytogenetic Study of Down Syndrome in Sudan