On 07/17/98 05:15:43 you wrote:
>The best predictor of Down's
>Syndrome is the mother's exposure to radiation prior to the
>pregnancy.
>
>Todd Moody
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Do you have any references for this?  It's true that strong ionizing radiation could possibly
exhibit tetragenic effects to a fetus.  But I find it highly unlikely that radiation exposure
*before* pregnancy would do much of anything to the mother, not to mention the pre-concieved
fetus.

Thanks,


James Crocker ([log in to unmask])
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