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Newborns benefit from heart surgery when they have Trisomy 13.

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The duration is 7-10 days, between 86% and 96% patients don't last a year.  If they do survive past a year it is said to be intertwined with mosaicism.

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Trisomy 13 Support is an non-profit organization for families who have someone with Trisomy 13, 18 or any related disorders.

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There is no cure for Trisomy 13 but treatments like therapy and surgery are there to treat the disease.

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This disease is more likely to happen to females more than males, and happens once to every 5 - 12 thousand births.

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Heart defects, brain or spinal cord abnormalities, extremely small or not fully developed eyes (microphthalmia), extra fingers or toes, an open lip (a cleft lip ) with or without an opening on the roof of the mouth (a cleft palate ), and weak muscle tone (hypotonia).

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Screening test (NIPT) and an ultrasound examination can 99% accurately confirm if there is a disease, and if there is a big risk during the pregnancy.

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Trisomy 13 is caused by random events happening during the joining of the sperm and egg, before conception.  This causes 3 chromosomes in chromosome 13, and an extra chromosome in each body cell.