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| Brian G SkotkoSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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Having a son or daughter with Down syndrome: perspectives from mothers and fathersBrian G Skotko
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Med Genet A 155:2335-47. 2011..The overwhelming majority of parents surveyed report that they are happy with their decision to have their child with DS and indicate that their sons and daughters are great sources of love and pride...
Self-perceptions from people with Down syndromeBrian G Skotko
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Med Genet A 155:2360-9. 2011..Overall, the overwhelming majority of people with DS surveyed indicate they live happy and fulfilling lives...
Having a brother or sister with Down syndrome: perspectives from siblingsBrian G Skotko
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, MA, USA
Am J Med Genet A 155:2348-59. 2011..The vast majority of brothers and sisters describe their relationship with their sibling with DS as positive and enhancing...
Prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome: how best to deliver the newsBrian G Skotko
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Med Genet A 149:2361-7. 2009..We conclude that physicians can deliver prenatal diagnoses of DS in a sensitive manner that can be appreciated by expectant parents...
Postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome: synthesis of the evidence on how best to deliver the newsBrian G Skotko
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 124:e751-8. 2009..DS remains the most common chromosomal condition, occurring in 1 of every 733 births, with the majority of children still diagnosed postnatally...
H.M.'s personal crossword puzzles: understanding memory and languageBrian G Skotko
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Memory 16:89-96. 2008..M.'s lexical word-retrieval skills remain fluid despite his profound anterograde amnesia. Once acquired, the maintenance of written language comprehension and production does not seem to require intact medial temporal lobe structures...
What the other children are thinking: brothers and sisters of persons with Down syndromeBrian G Skotko
Children s Hospital Boston, USA
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 142:180-6. 2006..Recommendations for physicians on how parents can nurture healthy relationships among their children are offered...
Puzzling thoughts for H. M.: can new semantic information be anchored to old semantic memories?Brian G Skotko
Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Neuropsychology 18:756-69. 2004..From the results, the authors concluded that H. M. can acquire new semantic knowledge, at least temporarily, when he can anchor it to mental representations established preoperatively...
Prenatally diagnosed Down syndrome: mothers who continued their pregnancies evaluate their health care providersBrian G Skotko
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:670-7. 2005..This study was undertaken to ask mothers who had children with Down syndrome after receiving a prenatal diagnosis: How was the process and what, if anything, could be improved?..
First- and second-trimester evaluation of risk for Down syndromeBrian G Skotko
Obstet Gynecol 110:1426; author reply 1426-7. 2007
A surprising postnatal diagnosisBrian G Skotko
Obstet Gynecol 108:1297; author reply 1297. 2006
