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Originally Posted by shirley1929
I think this will be a harder one to get rid of. As I understand it, there are several Trisomy versions, right? So trying to remember that 21 is the one that was previously known as Down's and that 13 is Patau (sp?) etc... is going to be too hard for the general public. They're going to need a different name to define them.
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I'm not sure it will. Afterall, I now hear "Lou Gerig's Disease" called "ALS" much more often (ignoring the fact that Lou Gerig might not have had ALS to begin with). I think the more people hear "Trisomy 21" the more they will use it, and eventually "Down's Syndrome" will fade away.
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