Patau syndrome
noun[U]
uk/ˈpæt.aʊ ˌsɪn.drəʊm/us/pɑːˈtaʊ ˌsɪn.droʊm/(alsoPatau's syndrome)arareand veryseriousgeneticconditionin which there is anadditionalcopyofchromosome13 in some or all of the body'scells:
帕塔综合征，Patau综合征（全部或部分身体细胞中有三条第13号染色体）Patausyndromeiscommonlyassociatedwithcongenitalheartdisease.帕塔综合征通常与先天性心脏病有关。
Babies with Patau’ssyndromehave more ofchromosome13 in some or all of thecellsintheirbody.患有帕塔综合征的婴儿在全部或部分身体细胞内第13号染色体数量比正常人多。
Synonym
trisomy 13
- Thetestresultsshowedthat thefoetushad Patausyndrome.
- Patausyndromehas anincidenceof 1:6000births, making it the second mostcommonformof autosomal trisomy.
- It ispossibletotestfor Down's, Edwards' and Patausyndromesbyinsertinganeedleinto thewombto take asampleof theplacenta.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- sex chromosome
- transgenic