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Swedish survey on extra structurally abnormal chromosomes in 39 105 consecutive prenatal diagnoses: prevalence and characterization by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Nov 1994
Blennow E, Bui T H, Kristoffersson U, Vujic M, Annerén G, Holmberg E, Nordenskjöld M
Abstract excerpt
During 7 years (1985-1992), 39,105 consecutive prenatal diagnoses (34,908 amniocenteses and 4197 chorionic villus samples) were made at the five largest clinical genetic laboratories in Sweden. Thirty-one cases of extra structurally abnormal chromosomes (ESACs) were found, giving a total prevalence of 0.8 per 1000. Twelve ESACs were inherited, 14 were de novo and in five the parental origin was unknown. This...
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