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Down Syndrome
What is the cause of too much iron in someone with Down syndrome?
Wiki User
2012-08-28 05:02:10
One of the suppositions as to why iron might be harmful is based
on the fact that people with Down syndrome have an excess amount of
superoxide dismutase (SOD) in their cells, due to the extra 21st
chromosome.
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