Epidemiology of triploidy in a population‐based birth defects registry, Hawaii, 1986–1999

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Triploidy is a highly lethal chromosomal abnormality with few fetuses surviving to term. Triploidy has not been extensively studied using data from a population-based birth defect registry. This investigation examined the epidemiology of triploidy using data from the Hawaii Birth Defects Program (HBDP) and compared its findings with the literature. Of the 38 identified cases of triploidy delivered in Hawaii...

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