Article
Full monosomy 21, prenatally diagnosed by fluorescent in situ hybridization.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Mar 1997
Joosten A M, De Vos S, Van Opstal D, Brandenburg H, Gaillard J L, Vermeij-Keers C
Abstract excerpt
We describe a case of full monosomy 21 which was prenatally diagnosed in chorionic villi by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Because of intrauterine fetal death, a curettage was performed and cytogenetic analysis of skin fibroblasts confirmed the presence of monosomy 21 in fetal cells. D...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Abortion, Induced
- Adult
- Alleles
- Autopsy
- Autoradiography
- Chorionic Villi Sampling
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Eye Abnormalities
- Female
- Fetal Death
- Foot Deformities, Congenital
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Monosomy
- Pregnancy