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SUBMITTER: Zhu JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4532298 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Jin Liang JL Hasle Henrik H Correa Adolfo A Schendel Diana D Friedman J M JM Olsen Jørn J Rasmussen Sonja A SA
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 20120809 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>Several studies have shown substantially longer survival among persons with Down syndrome in recent decades. We examined survival patterns among Danish persons with Down syndrome by karyotype.<h4>Methods</h4>A national cohort of 3,530 persons with Down syndrome identified from the Danish Cytogenetic Register and a reference cohort of persons without Down syndrome randomly selected from the general population were followed from 1 April 1968 to 15 January 2009 by linkages to the Re ...[more]