Disagreement About Surgical Intervention in Trisomy 18

Does medical intervention affect outcome in infants with trisomy 18 or trisomy 13?

An abbreviated version of parts of this review by John Carey appeared in the newsletter of the International Trisomy Alliance (www. internationaltrisomyalliance.com) in 2015. Correspondence to: Tomoki Kosho, M.D., Department of Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 3908621, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Article first published online in...

Trisomy 18 in Kuwait.

BACKGROUND Trisomy 18 (Edwards' syndrome, T18) is the second most common trisomy in man. We describe 118 children with regular T18 who were ascertained clinically and cytogenetically in the Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre during 1980-1997. METHODS Ascertainment of T18 cases was performed shortly after birth. Chromosomal studies were carried out in addition to other relevant investigations. To ...

Sonographic Findings in Partial Type of Trisomy 18

Minimal (Disagreement About) Semantics

Fetal echocardiography in trisomy 18.

BACKGROUND Previously reported pathological series suggest that cardiac malformations are universal in trisomy 18. We examined our experience of fetal echocardiography in trisomy 18 for comparison. METHODS Of 255 fetuses with trisomy 18 detected in our centre between January 1999 and June 2004, 174 were evaluated using fetal echocardiography. Our results were compared to four previous echocar...