Quality of life in Down syndrome in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Beatriz Elizabeth Bagatin Veleda Bermudez; Gustavo Leite Franklin; Camila Maciel de Oliveira; Léo Coutinho; Ana Chrystina de Souza Crippa

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1777006

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Nov 2023)

Quality of life in Down syndrome in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Beatriz Elizabeth Bagatin Veleda Bermudez,
Gustavo Leite Franklin,
Camila Maciel de Oliveira,
Léo Coutinho,
Ana Chrystina de Souza Crippa

Affiliations

Beatriz Elizabeth Bagatin Veleda Bermudez: ORCiD; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital das Clínicas, Ambulatório da Síndrome de Down, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
Gustavo Leite Franklin: ORCiD; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
Camila Maciel de Oliveira: ORCiD; Stanford University - Department of Science Behavior, Division of Sleep Medicine, Redwood City CA, United of States.
Léo Coutinho: ORCiD; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
Ana Chrystina de Souza Crippa: ORCiD; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital das Clínicas, Unidade de Neuropediatria, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1777006
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 81, no. 11
pp. 943 – 948

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Background Down syndrome is the most commonly genetic cause of developmental delay and intellectual disability, affecting 1:700 live births. It is associated with heart disease and recurrent infections, among other complications that greatly impair the patient's quality of life.

Published in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

ISSN: 0004-282X (Print); 1678-4227 (Online)
Publisher: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/

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