Dilemmas in Prenatal Chromosomal Diagnosis Revealed Through a Single Center's 30 Years' Experience and 90,000 Cases

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 218-232

  Konialis, Christopher ^a   Pangalos, Constantinos ^a,b  

^a Diagnostic Genetic Centre   (Greece)

^b Department of Cytogenetics ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

aCGH; Chromosomal abnormalities; Genetic counseling; Karyotype; MLPA; Molecular karyotype; Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPING; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL CHROMOSOMAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; GENETICS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84948095067     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000368604     Document Type: Article

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