Alobar holoprosencephaly and Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)

• Main Authors: Andressa Dias Costa (Author), Regina Schultz (Author), Sérgio Rosemberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a congenital defect of the brain, median structures, and face resulting from an incomplete cleavage of the primitive brain during early embryogenesis. The authors report a case of trisomy 13 syndrome diagnosed at prenatal follow up. The preterm newborn lived only 5 hours,...