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Trisomy 8p is a rare chromosomal anomaly syndrome, resulting from the partial duplication of the short arm of chromosome 8, with highly variable phenotype ranging from no dysmorphic features and only mild intellectual disability to patients with severe developmental delay, neonatal hypotonia, short stature, profound intellectual disability, mild dysmorphic features (e.g. mild ptosis, hypertelorism, down-slanting palpebral fissures, broad nasal bridge, short, prominent philtrum, abnormal dentition) and structural brain abnormalities. Autism, epilepsy, and spastic paraplegia have also been reported.
Biomarker and diagnostic research for trisomy 8p has been reported in the published literature.
Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).
No clinical trials have been registered for trisomy 8p.
3 publications have been identified in PubMed for trisomy 8p. Research spans Review / Meta-Analysis (67%) and Diagnostic / Biomarker (33%).
Horbacz M (2025). [PMID: 41210864](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41210864/). *Front Med (Lausanne)*. [Diagnostic / Biomarker]
Carey-Smith SL (2024). [PMID: 38999925](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38999925/). *Int J Mol Sci*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Papamichail M (2024). [PMID: 38622524](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38622524/). *BMC Womens Health*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Data assembled from 3 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 20, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC
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