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Down Syndrome: Economic Burdens and Benefits of Prevention

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Aneuploidy

Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences ((BLSC,volume 36))

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Not too many years ago, the principal methods of preventing aneuploidy were harsh and by no means certain. Persons with aneuploidy could be sterilized or confined in institutions. Other high-risk persons could be counseled not to have children. In some cases, lifesaving medical care was withheld from newborn handicapped children. In recent years, however, with the development of the amniocentesis procedure to detect aneuploidy and other genetic defects, prevention has become both relatively certain and financially inexpensive, raising obvious economic issues of how much to invest in preventing aneuploidy.

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  1. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Washington, D.C, 20201, USA

    Ronald W. Conley

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  1. U.S. Environment Protection Agency, Washington, D.C, USA

    Vicki L. Dellarco  & Peter E. Voytek  & 

  2. Council for Research Planning in Biological Sciences, Inc., Washington,D.C, USA

    Alexander Hollaender

  3. University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    B. R. Brinkley

  4. New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA

    Ernest B. Hook

  5. Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Montrose J. Moses

  6. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

    Frederick J. de Serres

  7. M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

  8. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

    Liane B. Russell

  9. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA

    Raymond R. Tice

  10. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Triagle Park, North Carolina, USA

    Michael D. Waters

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Conley, R.W. (1985). Down Syndrome: Economic Burdens and Benefits of Prevention. In: Dellarco, V.L., et al. Aneuploidy. Basic Life Sciences, vol 36. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2127-9_3

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