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#10 Clinical Trend: Patau Syndrome
Two things thrust Patau syndrome into the spotlight this month. In England, a teacher named Joanne Edwards asked for donations of wedding dresses; her plan is to sell them to raise proceeds to benefit Friends of Serenity, a charity she started after she lost her baby to Patau syndrome. Also this month, a new study explored epileptic spasms and early-onset photosensitive epilepsy in patients with Patau syndrome.
For more in-depth clinical information, see Patau Syndrome.
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Cite this: Ryan Syrek. Top 10 Clinical Trends for November 2014 - Medscape - Nov 24, 2014.
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