Prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 20 mosaicism. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Three cases of trisomy 20 mosaicism in amniotic fluid cell cultures are described. Two of the pregnancies resulted in normal full-term infants. The third pregnancy was terminated and revealed a phenotypically normal fetus. A review of five previously reported cases is presented. Explanations of these findings include in vitro nondisjunction, culture of extraembryonic tissue, and true fetal mosaicism. The diagnostic dilemma this presents is discussed.

publication date

  • March 1, 1979

Research

keywords

  • Chromosomes, Human, 19-20
  • Mosaicism
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Trisomy

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0018348346

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1979.tb00978.x

PubMed ID

  • 421366

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 3