Prenatal Identification of a Tetraploid Fetus with fish

Autor: Goyert, Gregory, Gold, Robin, Mandell, Steven, Bronsteen, Richard, Wright, Debra, Ward, Brian
Zdroj: Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine; 1995, Vol. 4 Issue: 3 p96-99, 4p
Abstrakt: The first prenatal diagnosis of a tetraploid fetus via fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) technology is reported. FISH analysis of uncultured amniotic fluid cells utilizing probes for chromosomes 13, 21, 18, X, and Y revealed that greater than 65% of hybridized nuclei had four signals. Standard cytogenetic analysis revealed a 92, XXXX karyotype
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