Patau, Klaus (flourished 1960), American (German-born) geneticist. Associated with the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Patau and his colleagues in 1960 became the first to attribute the syndrome of trisomy to the chromosome numbered 13.
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Patau syndrome
noun Pa·tau syndrome \pä-ˈtau̇-\
Medical Definition of PATAU SYNDROME
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Pa·tau syndrome or Patau's syndrome \-ˈtau̇z-\
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