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  2. Trisomy 18 - Wikipedia

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    Trisomy 18, also known as Edwards syndrome, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of a third copy of all or part of chromosome 18. [3] Many parts of the body are affected. [ 3 ] Babies are often born small and have heart defects . [ 3 ]

  3. Distal 18q- - Wikipedia

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    Distal 18q-is a genetic condition caused by a deletion of genetic material within one of the two copies of chromosome 18. [1] The deletion involves the distal section of 18q and typically extends to the tip of the long arm of chromosome 18. [2]

  4. List of genetic disorders - Wikipedia

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    Patau syndrome (Trisomy 13) 13: trisomy PCC deficiency (propionic acidemia) PC: recessive 1:250,000 Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) UROD: dominant 1:10,000 Pendred syndrome: PDS (7) recessive Peutz–Jeghers syndrome: STK11: dominant 1:25,000-300,000 Pfeiffer syndrome: FGFR1, FGFR2: dominant 1:100,000 Phelan-McDermid syndrome: 22q13 D ...

  5. What is trisomy 18 and why is it fatal? - AOL

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    Trisomy 18 causes several life-threatening medical problems, often including heart defects and organ abnormalities, and many babies with the condition die before they're born or within the first ...

  6. Living with trisomy 18: How a 6-year-old girl is beating the odds

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    Trisomy 18 typically results in life-threatening complications for a baby, but one little girl, Georgia, is proof of how one can live with it. Living with trisomy 18: How a 6-year-old girl is ...

  7. Pallister–Killian syndrome - Wikipedia

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    This method can diagnose PKS in 10 week and older fetuses. In cfDNA screening, DNA from a mothers blood is extracted and screened for the presence of specific chromosome abnormalities such as those associated with the Down syndrome, Patau syndrome (also termed trisomy 13 [8]), and Edwards syndrome (also termed trisomy 18 [9]).

  8. What is trisomy 18, the disorder at the center of Texas ... - AOL

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  9. Chromosome 18 - Wikipedia

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    Chromosome 18 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 18 spans about 80 million base pairs (the building material of DNA ) and represents about 2.5 percent of the total DNA in cells .