Second-Trimester Diagnosis of Triploidy: A Series of Four Cases

• Main Authors: J. B. Wick (Author), K. J. Johnson (Author), J. O'Brien (Author), M. J. Wick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Triploidy occurs in 2 to 3% of conceptuses and accounts for approximately 20% of chromosomally abnormal first-trimester miscarriages. As such, triploidy is estimated to occur in 1 of 3,500 pregnancies at 12 weeks', 1 in 30,000 at 16 weeks', and 1 in 250,000 at 20 weeks' gesta...