[Clinical expression of triploidy].

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Triploidy, the presence of an additional haploid set of chromosomes, is the cause of 20% of spontaneous abortions, premature births and perinatal deaths. The most common clinical signs of triploidy are: severe intrauterine growth retardation, macrocephaly, total syndactyly of third and fourth fingers and CNS, heart and renal defects. Hydatidiform mole, one of the characteristic features of pure triploidy, is...

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