Genetics
In Patau's syndrome, the risk of recurrence is low provided one of the parents is not a carrier of a balanced transformation.
Non-disjunction at either the first or second meiotic division in either parent may cause trisomy 13. In about 20% of cases, one parent is a translocation carrier.
There is antenatal diagnosis available for Patau's syndrome.
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