We describe here 6 cases of 18-trisomy syndrome and a possible seventh (Fig. 1). Table 1 lists the most frequent anomalies found in these patients. Case 1. M.C. was the 3d child of a Caucasian mother ...

Mosaic trisomy 8 is a rare genetic condition caused by an extra chromosome. Sometimes called trisomy 8 mosaicism, this condition develops well before birth. It's a result of an abnormality in how ...

IT is now recognized that specific clinical syndromes may be associated with certain human chromosome defects. One such chromosome abnormality is known as 13–15 trisomy, which is characterized by the ...

When the runners in the Alamo 13.1 race take to downtown streets Sunday, there will be one face in the group you won't be able to miss. Krissy Krotzer, was born with Trisomy 18, a genetic disorder ...

Changes in either chromosome structure or number can occur during cell division. Each human has 46 chromosomes, 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes (XX: female or XY: male). During ...

The files of the Department of Hematopathology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center and St Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer ...

At age 3, Rick Santorum’s daughter Bella has not only left her mark on her father’s presidential candidacy, but she also has become a valiant ambassador for Trisomy 18, the disease that threatens her ...

Pilomatricoma, also known as ‘calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe’, is a common skin adnexal tumor that mimics hair growth. Its proliferating cells seem distinctly programmed to undergo terminal ...