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Application of QF‐PCR for the prenatal assessment of discordant monozygotic twins for fetal sex
Author(s) -
FernándezMartínez F. J.,
Galindo A.,
MorenoIzquierdo A.,
GómezRodríguez M. J.,
MorenoGarcía M.,
Grañeras A.,
Barreiro E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1746
Subject(s) - zygosity , prenatal diagnosis , aneuploidy , amniotic fluid , karyotype , biology , fluorescence in situ hybridization , turner syndrome , fetus , twin pregnancy , obstetrics , genetics , pregnancy , chromosome , medicine , endocrinology , gene
Objective To establish the utility of quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF‐PCR) in order to determine the zygosity of multiple pregnancies, as well as to define the origin of the most frequent aneuploidies in amniotic fluid samples. Methods We describe the case of a monochorionic (MC) diamniotic (DA) pregnancy with phenotypically discordant twins (nuchal cystic hygroma and non‐immune hydrops in twin A and no anomalies in twin B). QF‐PCR was performed for rapid prenatal diagnosis in uncultured amniocytes and subsequently in cultured cells. Polymorphic markers for chromosomes X, Y, 13, 18 and 21 were used for determination of zygosity as well as sex chromosome aneuploidy. Results Twin A showed a Turner Syndrome (TS) mosaicism pattern by QF‐PCR in uncultured amniocytes. The monozygotic origin of the pregnancy was determined. Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (I‐FISH) in this sample showed a mosaicism X0/XY (83/17%). Cytogenetic analysis revealed a 45,X0 karyotype in twin A and a 46,XY karyotype in twin B. Conclusions QF‐PCR is a reliable tool for the determination of the zygosity independently of the chorionicity and the fetal sex in case of twin pregnancy. Testing both direct and cultured cells can provide useful results for genetic counselling in chromosomal mosaicisms. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.