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What is the treatment for Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)?
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Patau syndrome is a very rare genetic disease - it affects somewhere between 1:10000 and 1:20000 of live births.
Currently it can not be treated - many infants with it die within their first few days/weeks of life.
Less than 10% of infants with it live beyond a year.Report this post
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