Below are links to the 7 articles on trisomy 18 from the May 1, 2006 issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. John Wiley & Sons is pleased to provide these articles for the benefit of children and their parents. The list below includes the article titles, authors and a link to the abstract. Once at the abstract the user can choose whether or not they wish to view the full article in html or by pdf.

Introductory comments special section: Trisomy 18
John C. Carey

Neonatal management of trisomy 18: Clinical details of 24 patients receiving intensive treatment
Tomoki Kosho, Tomohiko Nakamura, Hiroshi Kawame, Atsushi Baba, Masanori Tamura, Yoshimitsu Fukushima

Clinical characteristics and survival of trisomy 18 in a medical center in Taipei, 1988-2004
Hsiang-Yu Lin, Shuan-Pei Lin, Yen-Jiun Chen, Han-Yang Hung, Hsin-An Kao, Chyong-Hsin Hsu, Ming-Ren Chen, Jui-Hsing Chang, Che-Sheng Ho, Fu-Yuan Huang, Shyh-Dar Shyur, Dar-Shong Lin, Hung-Chang Lee

Survival with trisomy 18 - data from Switzerland
D. Niedrist, M. Riegel, J. Achermann, A. Schinzel

Aplasia and duplication of the thumb and facial clefts associated with fetal trisomy 18
Chih-Ping Chen

Regarding trisomy 18
Robert Roger Lebel, Jacquelyn Roberson, Daniel L. Van Dyke

Trisomy 18 in a second 20-year-old woman
Alan L. Shanske