Trisomy 18: Bella Santorum has Trisomy 18. What is that?

The study, titled, "Chromosome-Selective Sequencing of Maternal Plasma Cell-Free DNA for First-Trimester Detection of Trisomy 21 and Trisomy 18" was independently conducted and supported by a grant from the Fetal Medicine Foundation.Known as “Bella,” the 3-year-old was born with the genetic disorder Trisomy 18, which is often fatal for infants and leads to physical deformities and cognitive deficiencies. In a strange coincidence, Bella is being treated at the same hospital thatThe

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