Patau Syndrome is another name of trisomy 13 syndrome which is a genetic disease caused by the excessive material from chromosome 13.
When extra DNA from chromosome 13 goes into different or all body cells, Trisomy 13 syndrome occurs.
Trisomy 13 syndrome symptoms are:
short eyes
short head
short lower jaw
iris having hole,split or cleft
eyes are fused
Mental retardation
abnormal fingers and toes
Above all are Trisomy 13 syndrome symptoms. Trisomy 13 syndrome is basically a disease that causes the disorder of human body,malfunctioning and poor shape. It effects on the physical condition of the body. A proper and regular treatment of Trisomy 13 syndrome should be taken.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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Living with Trisomy 13 - Patau Syndrome (Long term survivors, and those children carried to term who reached their parents arms.)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.livingwithtrisomy13.org
SOFT (Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related disorders) offers quarterly newsletters and a yearly family conference for the Trisomy families.
http://www.trisomy.org
TRIS (Tracking Rare Incidence Syndromes)
Trisomy Research Registry
http://web.coehs.siu.edu/Grants/TRIS/index.html