Clinical Content

Symptoms of Edwards' Syndrome:

1: severely mentally impaired

2: organ defects

3: abnormally shaped head

4: small jaw and mouth

5: clenched fists

Trisomy 18, or Edward's Syndrome is a condition where there is an extra 18th chromosome.

Occurrence:

-1 in 5000 infants are born with Edward's Syndrome

-Most babies die before birth

-Edwards' Syndrome is also more common when older women

have children's

Life expectancy and quality of life:

-95% of infants born with Edwards' syndrome live less than a month

-very few live to a year old.