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Q.State any 'two' symptoms of Down's syndrome.

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Any two: short stature with a flat, broad face and flat nasal bridge; oblique/slanting eyes with an epicanthic fold; a single (simian) palmar crease on short, broad hands; and mild to moderate intellectual disability.

Down's syndrome (trisomy 21) shows characteristic facial, hand and developmental features.

Down's syndrome results from trisomy of chromosome 21 (an extra copy, giving 47 chromosomes instead of 46), usually due to non-disjunction during meiosis in a parent. Characteristic symptoms include: short stature; a flat facial profile with a flat, broad nasal bridge; upward-slanting (oblique) eyes with a prominent epicanthic fold; a short neck; short, broad hands often showing a single transverse (simian) palmar crease; a partially open m …

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