Identification of copy number variants in miscarriages from couples with idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss
Author(s) -
Evica RajcanSeparovic,
Dan DiegoÁlvarez,
Wendy P. Robinson,
Christine Tyson,
Ying Qiao,
Chansonette Harvard,
Chris Fawcett,
Dagmar K. Kalousek,
Tom Philipp,
Martin J. Somerville,
Mary D. Stephenson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deq202
Subject(s) - pregnancy , identification (biology) , obstetrics , medicine , copy number variation , gynecology , biology , genetics , genome , gene , botany
Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), defined as two or more miscarriages, affects 3-5% of couples trying to establish a family. Despite extensive evaluation, no factor is identified in ∼40% of cases. In this study, we investigated the possibility that submicroscopic chromosomal changes, not detectable by conventional cytogenetic analysis, exist in miscarriages with normal karyotypes (46,XY or 46,XX) from couples with idiopathic RPL.
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