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Pitfalls in prenatal diagnosis: cytogenetic analysis in amniocytes fails to detect mosaic r(12)
1 Jan 2003
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To review the accuracy of a prenatal diagnosis of a missed chromosomal mosaicism in amniotic fluid cell cultures and to see whether adapting the Dutch guidelines would have made any difference to the outcome in this case. METHOD: Metaphases, obtained from cultured amniocytes and peripheral blood lymphocytes, were analyzed with different results. The amniocyte cultures were then reanalyzed and the risk...
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