Edwards syndrome
human disease
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Summary
Edwards syndrome is a developmental defect during embryogenesis[1]. Edwards syndrome ranks in the top 4% of developmental defect during embryogenesis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,941 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: John H. Edwards[3]
- Instance of: class of disease[4]
- Named after: John H. Edwards[5]
- Subclass of: chromosomal disease[6], distichia[7], eyebrow hypertrophy[8], total autosomal trisomy[9], chromosomal anomaly with cataract[10], syndromic diaphragmatic or abdominal wall malformation[11], syndromic anorectal malformation[12], syndromic renal or urinary tract malformation[13], chromosomal duplication syndrome[14], disease[15]
- Commons category: Edwards syndrome[16]
- Described at URL: https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/trisomy-18-syndrome/[17]
- Described by source: ‘A Chance to Live’: How 2 Families Faced a Catastrophic Birth Defect[18]
- ICD-9-CM: 758.2[19]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C36626[20], C101362[21]
- Different from: orofaciodigital syndrome VIII[22]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[23], pediatrics[24]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1085[25], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1085[26], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_3380[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[28]
Why It Matters
Edwards syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Edwards syndrome is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]