[Pätau syndrome without trisomy karyotype? Danger of restricted thinking in syndrome diagnosis].

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[Pätau syndrome without trisomy karyotype? Danger of restricted thinking in syndrome diagnosis].

Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Perinatologie - 1 Jan 2000

Rode G, Duda V

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By means of a case-report the problems of an uncritical usage of the terminus "syndrom" are pointed out. The report concerns with a newborn child clinically showing nearly all morphological characteristics of the "Pätau-Syndrom" without having a chromosomal aberration.

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Abnormalities, Multiple
Adult
Amniocentesis
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Karyotyping
Male
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis

Trisomy

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