It's interesting you should bring this up. Exposure to alcohol in the womb
is often cited as the leading cause of mental retardation.

-- Jodine Chase


On 9/12/09 1:54 PM, "Katherine Dettwyler" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just haphazardly scanning one digest and had to comment on this statement:
> 
> "[TORCH] is also the most common cause of mental retardation after Down
> syndrome."
> 
> My understanding is that the most common cause of mental retardation is the
> category "Unknown" and
> the second most common cause is Fragile-X syndrome.  Down syndrome used to be
> third, but has probably fallen
> even further down the list as more and more women are having amniocentesis and
> aborting for DS.
> 
> Kathy Dettwyler
> Mother of Peter, XY/Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
> 
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