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Prenatal diagnosis of sex chromosome aneuploidy: possible reasons for high rates of pregnancy termination
10 May 2001
Abstract excerpt
Sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA), when detected in amniocentesis, is usually an unexpected result of a test carried out for another purpose. For most SCAs, the prognosis is milder and less predictable than trisomy 21, and therefore parents are faced with a difficult decision regarding the option of pregnancy termination. While studies from Europe and the USA report a declining trend in termination rates for SCA,...
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