Patau syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Patau syndrome, or a subtype of Patau syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Patau syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Broader types of Patau syndrome:
Incidence (annual) of Patau syndrome: 1-in-5000 approximately.
Incidence Rate of Patau syndrome: approx 1 in 5,000 or 0.02% or 54,400 people in USA [about data]
Prognosis of Patau syndrome: Poor. Low survival rates and mental retardation in those that do.
Complications of Patau syndrome:
see complications of Patau syndrome
Causes of Patau syndrome: see causes of Patau syndrome
Symptoms of Patau syndrome: see symptoms of Patau syndrome
Complications of Patau syndrome: see complications of Patau syndrome
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Patau syndrome
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Patau syndrome.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Patau syndrome.
Treatments for Patau syndrome:
see treatments for Patau syndrome
Research for Patau syndrome:
see research for Patau syndrome
Hospitalization statistics for Patau syndrome:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Patau syndrome:
Organs and body systems related to Patau syndrome include:
Main name of condition: Patau syndrome
Class of Condition for Patau syndrome: genetic chromosomal (trisomy), genetic-chromosomal-autosomal
trisomy 13, 13+ syndrome, Chromosome 13 duplication, Trisomy 13 syndrome, Bartholin-Patau syndrome, Hromosome 13 trisomy syndrome
Ullrich-Feichtiger syndrome, Chromosome 13 trisomy syndrome, Bartholin-Patau syndrome
Source - Diseases Database
13+ syndrome, Bartholin-Patau syndrome, Chromosome 13 duplication, Hromosome 13 trisomy syndrome, Trisomy 13, Trisomy 13 syndrome, Trisomy 13 syndrome, 13+ syndrome, Bartholin-Patau syndrome, Chromosome 13 duplication, Hromosome 13 trisomy syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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