Article
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 prevalen...
Topics
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic Villi Sampling
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Data Collection
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant, Newborn
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Prevalence