Chromosomal Microarray versus Karyotyping for Prenatal Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Ronald J. Wapner,
Alastair J. Martin,
Brynn Levy,
Blake C. Ballif,
Christine M. Eng,
Julia Zachary,
Melissa Savage,
Lawrence D. Platt,
Daniel H. Saltzman,
William A. Grobman,
Susan Klugman,
Thomas Scholl,
Joe Leigh Simpson,
Kimberly McCall,
Vimla S. Aggarwal,
Brian Bunke,
Odelia Nahum,
Ankita Patel,
Allen N. Lamb,
Elizabeth Thom,
Arthur L. Beaudet,
David H. Ledbetter,
Lisa G. Shaffer,
Laird Jackson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1203382
Subject(s) - karyotype , microarray , prenatal diagnosis , microarray analysis techniques , medicine , context (archaeology) , chromosomal translocation , genetics , biology , bioinformatics , fetus , chromosome , pregnancy , gene , gene expression , paleontology
Chromosomal microarray analysis has emerged as a primary diagnostic tool for the evaluation of developmental delay and structural malformations in children. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy, efficacy, and incremental yield of chromosomal microarray analysis as compared with karyotyping for routine prenatal diagnosis.
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