Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cox's case has made national headlines, and it's also raised a lot of questions about trisomy 18, a condition that's often feared ...

The objective of this study was to investigate whether women who screened positive for both trisomy 18 (T18) and trisomy 21 (T21) yet had euploid karyotypes were at increased risk for adverse ...

A pregnant Texas woman carrying a fetus diagnosed with a fatal genetic condition left the state to obtain an abortion after the state Supreme Court prevented her from having one, USA TODAY reported ...

“Is she in pain?” I asked quietly as the pearlescent baby-shaped image on the screen folded its legs and then extended them. Something was very wrong with our baby. A few hours later, I lay on a ...

We describe here 6 cases of 18-trisomy syndrome and a possible seventh (Fig. 1). Table 1 lists the most frequent anomalies found in these patients. Case 1. M.C. was the 3d child of a Caucasian mother ...

Trisomy 18 typically results in life-threatening complications for a baby, but one little girl, Georgia, is proof of how one can live with it. This is, first and foremost, a love story ... about a ...

A noninvasive blood test for fetal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) reliably detects Down's syndrome (trisomy 21) and other genetic fetal abnormalities in the first trimester with fewer false-positives than ...

Trisomy 18 is a fatal chromosomal condition that can be detected during pregnancy. It's also at the center of a new legal case in Texas, where a mom of two, Kate Cox, is seeking an abortion after ...