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Patau syndrome with a long survival. A case report.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 30 Jun 2004
Duarte A C, Menezes A I C, Devens E S, Roth J M, Garcias G L, Martino-Roth M G
Abstract excerpt
Trisomy 13 is a clinically severe entity; 85% of the patients do not survive beyond one year, and most children die before completing six months of age. We report a female child, 28 months old, white, the fourth child of a non-consanguineous couple, who presented trisomy 13. The child was born at term, from a vaginal delivery, weighing 2600 g. At birth, she was cyanotic, icteric, spastic, and cried weakly. The...
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