Trisomy 18 is a condition caused by a problem in your chromosomes. It's also called Edwards syndrome, after the doctor who first described it. Chromosomes are the threadlike structures in cells ...

Trisomy is a genetic condition characterized by the presence of an extra chromosome. This means that the affected person has ...

Trisomy 18, also known as Edwards syndrome or Chromosome 18, is a severe genetic condition that affects fetal development. At least 95% of afflicted fetuses don’t survive full term because of ...

The most common forms of trisomy are: Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome), where an extra Chromosome 18 is present; Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), with an extra Chromosome 13; and Trisomy 21 (Down ...

Trisomy 18 is almost always fatal for fetuses, but the medical exception to Texas’s abortion ban focuses on the mother, and a court ruled it didn’t apply in Kate Cox’s case.

Trisomy 18 is a fatal chromosomal condition that can be detected during pregnancy.It's also at the center of a new legal case in Texas, where a mom of two, Kate Cox, is seeking an abortion after ...

Trisomy 18 can cause respiratory failure, heart defects, club feet and intellectual impairment. But some of those conditions are treatable. Hearts can be fixed; airways can be opened.

Four cases of D 1-trisomy syndrome have been described by the Wisconsin group, 1–3 as have 6 cases of 18-trisomy syndrome. 4,5 One case reported by Edwards et al. 6 resembles the latter syndrome ...

Ashley Zambelli opens up to PEOPLE about discovering that she tested positive for trisomy 21 — also known as Down syndrome — after her three kids also tested positive for the mutation.

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. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now ...

Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly. Ashlee Wiseman with her daughter, Lennie ...