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My neighbors say my new doctor tends to overdiagnose everyone. he thinks i might have patau syndrome. can you tell me the symptoms?

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Patau syndrome: The clinical features of patau syndrome are - mental and motor challenged, microcephaly(small brain), small eyes, cataract, retinal detachment, cortical visual loss, polydactyly (extra digits), low-set ears, prominent heel, deformed feet, overlapping of fingers over thumb, cutis aplasia (missing portion of the skin/hair), abnormal genitalia, kidney defects, heart defects.

Answered 9/13/2015

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Don't need to: You can't have Patau syndrome if you are 31 yrs old and smart enough to ask the question. These kids have a chromosome defect, multiple congenital defects and rarely live past a year of age. There seems to be a communication problem here.Either likely wrote down the wrong name for what s/he is proposing, or need to find a new doc.

Answered 10/13/2016

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