Clinical Trial: Prevalence of Translocation Phenotyping in Children With Down Syndrome and Their Parents

U.S., Sept. 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07175168) titled 'Prevalence of Translocation Phenotyping in Children With Down Syndrome and Their Parents' on Sept. 09.

Brief Summary: This research study will investigate a special type of Down syndrome called translocation Down syndrome. While most children with Down syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21, about 3-4% have this extra chromosome material attached to another chromosome, known as a translocation. This form can sometimes be inherited from a parent who carries a balanced translocation.

The aim of the study is to find out how common translocation Down syndrome is among children with confirmed Down syndrome in Assiut, Egypt, and t...