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In 1866, Doctor John Langdon Down first described Down's syndrome.
Patau syndrome was first described by Dr. Klaus Patau in 1960.
Shaken baby syndrome was first described in medical literature in 1972
It was first described in 1882
According to Columbia Encyclopedia, the symptoms of Down syndrome were "first described in 1866 by an English physician, J. Langdon Down." Down syndrome - albeit without this particularly moniker - has been known for many hundreds, if not thousands, of years. It was usually called Mongolism in recent centuries in the UK. Dr. John Langdon Down was the one who did much research on the subject, and the symptoms described by him have been renamed "Down syndrome." To read more about Down syndrome on Answers.com, click on the Related Link.
Sir john Langdon Down is credited with discovering Down's Syndrome. He first described it as a separate condition, but Jerome Lejeune discovered its chromosomal cause.
Morquio Syndrome was first decribed by Luis Morquio of Montevideo, Uruguay and also described by James Fredrick Brailsford.
It is named after John H. Edwards, who first described the syndrome in 1960. It is the second most common autosomal trisomy, after Down Syndrome, that carries to term.
It was first described by Hans Reiter, a German physician, during World War I.
Because the average human is born with 46 chromosomes, 23 from their mother and 23 from their father. Some one with Down's syndrome is born with a 47th chromosome, that is the "Down's Syndrome".
Down syndrome starts with a capital letter because it is named after John Langdon Down, the doctor who described the disorder in 1866.
Partial spinal sensory syndrome was first described in 1849