Patau syndrome

Patau syndrome
Pa·tau syndrome pä-'tau̇- or Patau's syndrome -'tau̇z- n trisomy 13
Patau Klaus (fl 1960)
American (German-born) geneticist. Associated with the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Patau and his colleagues in 1960 became the first to attribute the syndrome of trisomy to the chromosome numbered 13.

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a chromosome disorder in which there are three no. 13 chromosomes (instead of the usual two), causing abnormal brain development, severe mental retardation, and defects in the heart, kidney, and scalp. Affected individuals rarely survive.
K. Patau (20th century), US geneticist

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Pa·tau syndrome (pah-touґ) [Klaus Patau, German-born American geneticist, 20th century] trisomy 13 syndrome.

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