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Supporting Parents as Sexuality Educators for Individuals with Intellectual Disability

This article describes how the Home Based Adolescent Sexuality Education for Intellectual Disabilities (Home B.A.S.E.)…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 27, 2022

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The Pattern of Malignancies in Down Syndrome and Its Potential Context with the Immune System

The immune surveillance theory of cancer posits that the body's immune system detects and destroys…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 27, 2022

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Sleep Disorders in Adults with Down Syndrome

Sleep disorders, despite being very frequent in adults with Down syndrome (DS), are often overlooked…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 27, 2022

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Ableism at the Bedside: People with Intellectual Disabilities and COVID-19

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have a higher risk of mortality from COVID-19 than…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 27, 2022

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Epilepsy in Down Syndrome: A Highly Prevalent Comorbidity

Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have an increased risk for epilepsy during the whole lifespan,…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 27, 2022

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Health Supervision for Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome

This clinical report is designed to assist the pediatrician in caring for the child, adolescent,…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 19, 2022

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Self-Reported Presence and Experience of Pain in Adults with Down Syndrome

The aim of this study was to examine whether the presence of pain (based on…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 18, 2022

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Down Syndrome Disintegrative Disorder: A Clinical Regression Syndrome of Increasing Importance

Down syndrome disintegrative disorder (DSDD), a developmental regression in children with Down syndrome (DS), is…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 16, 2022

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Pharmacotherapy of Down Syndrome

This article reviews the literature on the pharmacotherapy of psychiatric conditions co-occurring with DS, including…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 15, 2022

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Rate of Urinary Retention in Adults with Down Syndrome: A Prospective Study

Down syndrome (DS) is associated with a higher incidence of many medical conditions, but little…

Rigsby RigsbyApril 15, 2022

Supporting Parents as Sexuality Educators for Individuals with Intellectual Disability

The Pattern of Malignancies in Down Syndrome and Its Potential Context with the Immune System

Sleep Disorders in Adults with Down Syndrome

Ableism at the Bedside: People with Intellectual Disabilities and COVID-19

Epilepsy in Down Syndrome: A Highly Prevalent Comorbidity

Health Supervision for Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome

Self-Reported Presence and Experience of Pain in Adults with Down Syndrome

Pharmacotherapy of Down Syndrome

Rate of Urinary Retention in Adults with Down Syndrome: A Prospective Study

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