okt3 or dr taher are u ppl around? - basicq

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plz i want to know correct ans of this q..
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=409431
thanks

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drtaher - 05/12/09 20:14

The correct answer is C. This fact is worth remembering: one-fifth of Down's syndrome patients
have congenital cardiovascular disease, most commonly an ostium primum type of ASD and/or a
ventricular septal defect. This is a sufficiently high incidence to justify at least one
echocardiogram in each of these children's lives. Affected children are also particularly
vulnerable to seizures, and as adults may develop an Alzheimer-like dementia in their mid 40s.

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tx