Trisomy 18

• Trisomy 18, the genetic disorder that sent  Rick Santorums daughter Bella to the hospital Saturday evening, kills about 90 percent of children before or during birth and those that do live past birth suffer serious symptoms.
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• News that the three-year-old daughter of Rick and Karen Santorum was admitted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has significance beyond the fact that her father is a candidate for president of the United States.
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• Bella, one of seven Santorum children, suffers from a serious genetic disorder called Trisomy 18, a condition caused by a third copy of material from chromosome 18 instead of two, leading to a wide array of physical and mental problems.
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• San Francisco is fortunate to have many neighborhoods where Prenatal Screening is offered for birth defects including Trisomy 18, which affects candidate Rick Santorums daughter.
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• For almost two years, five Bryan-College Station families who probably would have remained strangers have met monthly at the Play Baby Play support group sponsored by Hospice Brazos Valley.
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• But during the call with Florida voters, Santorum opened his remarks with his daughter, who has a genetic condition known as Trisomy 18. The condition typically proves fatal and Santorum often says his daughter wasnt expected to live past 12 months.
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• Isabella Santorum, known as Bella, has a genetic condition called Trisomy 18, which causes mental and physical problems. Half of newborns with the condition do not survive their first week.
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• Bella has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by a third copy of material from chromosome 18 instead of two, leading to a wide array of physical and mental problems.
(Philadelphia Daily News)
• The encouraging results from this study suggest that the novel algorithm is a good complement to the directed cfDNA assay, as it allows for the calculation of an individualized risk score for Trisomy 18 and 21, explained Howard S.
(Yahoo Finance)
• The 3-year-old, whom the family calls Bella or Boo, suffers from the rare and serious genetic condition Trisomy 18, which kills about 90 percent of children before or during birth. She is at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she is regularly treated.
(ABC News)