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Trisomy 20 mosaicism in amniotic fluid cell culture
Author(s) -
Nevin N. C.,
Nevin J.,
Thompson W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1979.tb01776.x
Subject(s) - trisomy , amniotic fluid , prenatal diagnosis , aneuploidy , fetus , amniocentesis , aborted fetus , biology , phenotype , genetics , karyotype , obstetrics , pregnancy , medicine , chromosome , gene
Chromosomal mosaicism in cultured amniotic fluid cells presents one of the most difficult problems in prenatal diagnosis in predicting the foetal phenotype. We present a case in which trisomy 20 mosaicism was diagnosed prenatally but not confirmed in the aborted foetus.