Difference between revisions of "Down syndrome"

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 *Brushfield spots = white/grey spots in the iris (the "colour part" of the eye).
 **Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brushfield_eyes_magnified.jpg Brushfield spots (WC)].
+Simplified version ofmMnemonic ''CHILD HAS PROBLEM'':
+#[[congenital heart disease|'''C'''ongenital heart disease]].
+#'''H'''ypothyroidism.
+#'''I'''ncurved 5th digit (clinodactyly) / Increased gap between 1st and 2nd toe.
+#[[Leukemia|'''L'''eukemia]] risk x2.
+#'''D'''uodenal atresia.
+#[[Hirschsprung disease|'''H'''irschsprung disease]] / Hearing loss.
+#[[Alzheimer disease|'''A'''lzheimer disease]] / Alantoaxial instability.
+#'''S'''hort neck.
+#'''P'''almar crease / Protruding [[tongue]].
+#'''R'''ound face.
+#'''O'''cciput flat / Oblique eye fissure.
+#'''B'''rushfield spots / Brachycephaly.
+#'''L'''ow nasal bridge.
+#'''E'''picanthic fold / Ears folded.
+#'''M'''ental retardation.
 ==See also==