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If we define a disease as an alteration of the health, of the functions of living beings, then trisomy 21 is indeed a disease since the presence of a supernumerary chromosome 21 leads to organic and functional alterations whose association and evolution are characteristic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, the term disease implies the possibility of medical intervention and treatment, which tends to give a hopeful vision of Down Syndrome. 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