A comparison of prenatal versus postnatal karyotyping for the investigation of intrauterine fetal death after the first trimester of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1192-1195

  Khare, Manjiri ^a   Howarth, Edmund ^a   Sadler, Jean ^a   Healey, Karen ^a   Konje, Justin C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Chorionic villus sampling; Intrauterine fetal death; Karyotype; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; BIOPSY; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SKIN;

EID: 31544443233     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1295     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Angell RR, Sandison A, Bain AD. 1984. Chromosome variation in perinatal mortality: a survey of 500 cases. J Med Genet 21: 39-44.
2. Ellis PM, Bain AD. 1984. Cytogenetics in the evaluation of perinatal death. Lancet 1: 630.
3. Howarth ES, Konje JC, Healey KA, Duckett DP, Scudamore IW, Taylor DJ. 2002. Invasive testing for the karyotyping of midtrimester intrauterine fetal death (IUFD): a pilot study. Prenat Diagn 22: 435-445.
4. Incerpi MH, Miller DA, Samadi R, Settlage RH, Goodwin TM. 1998. Stillbirth evaluation: What tests are needed? Am J Obstet Gynecol 178: 1121-1125.
5. Johnson MP, Drugan A, Koppitch FC, Uhlmann WR, Evans MI. 1990. Postmortem chorion villus sampling is a better method for cytogenetic evaluation of early fetal loss than culture of abortus material. Am J Obstet Gynecol 163: 1505-1510.
6. Kean L. 2003. Intra-uterine fetal death. Curr Obstet Gynaecol 13: 329-335.
7. Kyle P, Sepulveda W, Blunt S, Davies G, Cox P, Fisk N. 1996. High failure rate of post-mortem karyotyping after termination for fetal abnormality. Obstet Gynecol 88: 859-862.
8. Mueller RF, Sybert VP, Johnson J, Brown ZA, Chen WJ. 1983. Evaluation of a protocol for post-mortem examination of stillbirths. N Engl J Med 309: 586-590.
9. Neiger R, Croom CS. 1990. Cytogenetic study of amniotic fluid in the evaluation of fetal death. J Perinatal 10(1): 32-34.
10. Petersson K, Bremme K, Bottinga R, et al. 2002. Diagnostic evaluation of intrauterine fetal deaths in Stockholm 1998-1999. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 81: 284-292.
11. Rodgers CS, Creasy MR, Fitchett M, Maliszewska CT, Pratt NR, Walters JJ. 1996. Solid tissue culture for cytogenetic analysis: a collaborative survey for the association of clinical Cytogeneticists. J Clin Exp Psychopathol 49: 638-641.
12. Saal HM, Rodis J, Weinbaum PJ, DiMaggio R, Landrey TM. 1987. Cytogenetic evaluation of fetal death: the role of amniocentesis. Obstet Gynecol 70: 601-603.
13. United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme (UKNEQAS). 1994. Guidelines for Clinical Cytogeneticists.
14. United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme in Clinical Cytogenetics (UKNEQAS). 1999. Participant's Manual 1999. Wolfson EQA Laboratory: Birmingham, AL.
15. Warburton D. 1987. Chromosomal causes of fetal death. Clin Obstet Gynecol 30: 268-277.
16. Winter RM, Knowles SAS, Bieber FR, Baraister M. 1988. The malformed fetus and stillbirth: a diagnostic approach. Chromosome Abnormalities in Stillbirths, Perinatal Deaths and Spontaneous Abortions. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester; 18-20.