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Trisomy 18
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Edwards syndrome
Edwards syndrome
(also known as
trisomy
18
[
T18
]) is a
chromosomal abnormality
caused by the presence of all, or part of, an extra
18th chromosome
. This genetic condition almost always results from
nondisjunction
during
meiosis
. It is named after
John Hilton Edwards
, who first described the syndrome in 1960. It is the second-most common
autosomal
trisomy, after
Down syndrome
, that carries to term.
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