Six-years' Experience of Pseudomosaicism and Maternal Cell Contamination in Cultured Amniocytes
Journal of Genetic Medicine
;
: 25-28, 1999.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-214515
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To present our experiences in pseudomosaicism or maternal celi contamination in genetic mid-trimester amniocentesis confirmed through percuraneous umbilical blood sampling.METHODS:
From 1992 to 1997, repeated cytogenetic evaluation with fetal cord blood was carried out in 14 cases showing mosaic patterns.RESULTS:
We confirmed pseudomosaicsm in 12 cases (85.7%) by repeated cytohenetic evaluation, and also maternal cell contamination in 2 cases.CONCLUSIONS:
Repeated cytohenetic evaluation via percutaneous umbilical blood sampling was a rapid and useful method fof the confirmation of mosaicism resulted from genetic mid-trimester amnicentesis.
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Main subject:
Cordocentesis
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Cytogenetics
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Fetal Blood
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Amniocentesis
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Mosaicism
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Genetic Medicine
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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