Trisomy 13 syndrome, also referred to as Patau Syndrome, is an uncommon genetic condition resulting from the presence of an additional chromosome 13. Under normal circumstances, humans inherit 23 ...

Initial examination will reveal an infant that is uniformly growth restricted or has a distinctive central dysmorphic midline structural anomaly (microphthalmia, cyclops, cleft lip, omphalocele).

Background: Whilst maternal age is an established risk factor for Patau syndrome (trisomy 13), Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18) and Down syndrome (trisomy 21), the aetiology and contribution of genetic ...

A Tennessee mother, Monica Kelly, was around 13 weeks pregnant when, according to a lawsuit filed against the state of Tennessee, doctors gave her the devastating news that her baby had Patau syndrome ...

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (EBG), "Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal chromosome abnormalities in ...