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Trisomy 13 Syndrome

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In 1960, Patau et al. first recognized the relation of trisomy 13 to a clinical syndrome. Incidence is estimated to be 1/4,000–1/10,000 live births. The prevalence at birth was 1 per 29,374 based on liveborn and stillborn probands (Goldstein and Nielsen 1988).

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Chen, H. (2016). Trisomy 13 Syndrome. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_235-2

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