Down syndrome: An overview
African Vision and Eye Health
Field | Value | |
Title | Down syndrome: An overview | |
Creator | Wajuihian, Samuel Otabor | |
Description | Optometrists as primary eye care providers examine patients from diverse populations, including those with special needs such as Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality associated with several health conditions including vision anomalies such as refractive, accommodative and vergence anomalies, as well as ocular pathology. In this article, a narrative review of Down syndrome including the background, historical perspective, aetiology and genetic mechanisms, types, epidemiology, as well as the physical and medical profile of Down syndrome is presented.Keywords: Down syndrome review; Trisomy 21; historical perspective; etiology; types and epidemiology; features; Optometrist | |
Publisher | AOSIS | |
Date | 2016-07-06 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/aveh.v75i1.346 | |
Source | African Vision and Eye Health; Vol 75, No 1 (2016); 6 pages 2410-1516 2413-3183 | |
Language | eng | |
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