Down Syndrome Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Down Syndrome, including details on education, symptoms, treatment, information.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 4 (April)

1. First trimester maternal serum screening for Down's syndrome: an evaluation of the DPC Immulite 2000 free beta-hCG and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A assays.
   Ann Clin Biochem, 42: 30-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Voluntary orienting among children and adolescents with Down syndrome and MA-matched typically developing children.
   Am J Ment Retard, 110(3): 157-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Triploidy identified through second-trimester serum screening.
   Prenat Diagn, 25(3): 229-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The association of echogenic fetal lungs with trisomy 21.
   Prenat Diagn, 25(3): 225-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Second-trimester maternal serum screening for Down syndrome in in vitro fertilization pregnancies.
   Prenat Diagn, 25(3): 234-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Plasma amyloid beta protein 1-42 levels in fetuses with Down syndrome.
   Early Hum Dev, 81(4): 351-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Impaired verbal short-term memory in Down syndrome reflects a capacity limitation rather than atypically rapid forgetting.
   J Exp Child Psychol, 91(1): 1-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Development of interlaminar astroglial processes in the cerebral cortex of control and Down's syndrome human cases.
   Exp Neurol, 193(1): 207-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Expressive and receptive vocabulary in children with Williams and Down syndromes.
   J Intellect Disabil Res, 49: 353-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Performance of young people with Down syndrome on the Leiter-R and British picture vocabulary scales.
    J Intellect Disabil Res, 49: 239-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Ontogenetic changes in serum S100B in Down syndrome patients.
    Clin Biochem, 38(5): 433-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. 2nd-trimester maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin and alpha-fetoprotein levels in male and female fetuses with Down syndrome.
    Fetal Diagn Ther, 20(3): 235-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Blunted heart rate response to upright tilt in people with Down syndrome.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(4): 813-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Low uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in minority ethnic groups and socially deprived groups: a reflection of women's attitudes or a failure to facilitate informed choices?
    Int J Epidemiol, 34(2): 346-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Homocysteine and related genetic polymorphisms in Down's syndrome IQ.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(5): 706-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Thoracic epidural analgesia via the lumbar approach using nerve stimulation in a pediatric patient with Down syndrome.
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 49(5): 712-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Renal involvement in Down syndrome.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 20(5): 614-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Polymerase chain reaction method to identify Down syndrome model segmentally trisomic mice.
    Anal Biochem, 340(2): 213-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. First-trimester screening for trisomy-21 using a simplified method to assess the presence or absence of the fetal nasal bone.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(4): 1107-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Congenital abnormalities and childhood cancer.
    Cancer, 103(9): 1939-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Transcriptional consequences of autosomal trisomy: primary gene dosage with complex downstream effects.
    Trends Genet, 21(5): 249-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Brain auditory evoked potentials in children with Down syndrome.
    Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 69(5): 615-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Down syndrome and comorbid autism-spectrum disorder: characterization using the aberrant behavior checklist.
    Am J Med Genet A, 134(4): 373-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Cell proliferation is reduced in the dentate gyrus of aged but not young Ts65Dn mice, a model of Down syndrome.
    Neurosci Lett, 380(1): 197-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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