Down Syndrome Clinic - Delaware

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Down Syndrome Clinic
Nemours/Alfred duPont Hospital for Children
Genetic Dept.
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE
Phone: 302-651-5916

The Genetics Program at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children provides families with information related to the thousands of known diseases that may be hereditary in origin. Such information may assist in making a diagnosis, in developing a treatment plan, in understanding the cause and prognosis of a disease, and in making family planning decisions. The program is directed by a pediatrician board-certified in Pediatrics and Genetics, and staffed by two full-time genetic counselor and three other board-certified pediatric geneticists. The patient is examined, and the patients family and medical histories are taken and supplemented, if necessary, by additional testing, including chromosome analysis, metabolic studies, molecular testing (DNA), as well as various medical imaging procedures. The program takes a longitudinal approach to the treatment and management of genetic disorders.

The use of DNA probes and other molecular laboratory techniques brings state-of-the-art technologies to patients with selected musculoskeletal disorders as well as those with connective tissue and collagen diseases. Other specialties include craniofacial disorders and metabolic disease. Other pediatric subspecialties such as Neurology, Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, and Orthopedic Surgery are frequently consulted in conjunction with the child’s medical needs.