Oscar Oleta Palit Author

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Preliminary Study of Down Syndrome Risk Factors (Case Study of Tangerang City and Regency) in 2019

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Oscar Oleta Palit

Down syndrome is the largest autosomal disease in the world caused by nondisjunction of chromosome 21. This study aims to find out the risk factors of Down syndrome that exist in the parents around the Industrial District of Tangerang City and Tangerang Regency in 2019. Study of the Down syndrome risk factors around the industrial district is based on previous research which found that parents who have Down syndrome children have almost 50% work in the industry. The risk factors examined in this study include intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics. Intrinsic characteristics are factors that exist in parents such as mother’s age, father’s age, childbirth order, history of maternal fertility, history of parent consanguinity, and economic status. Extrinsic character... view more»

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