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- Title
A FALSE-POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS OF TURNER SYNDROME BY AMNIOCENTESIS.
- Authors
GRIFFITHS, M. J.; MILLER, P. R.; STIBBE, H. M.
- Abstract
A 45,X karyotype was observed in all cells examined from an amniotic fluid sample taken at 16 weeks' gestation from a 37-year-old patient referred because of her age. Following termination of the pregnancy, all cells examined from fetal tissues (cardiac blood, skin, and muscle) showed a 46,XX karyotype. The most likely explanation for the discordant results is thought to be a dizygotic twin pregnancy with a normal fetus and an empty sac, the latter being sampled at amniocentesis resulting in a 45,X karyotype.
- Publication
Prenatal Diagnosis, 1996, Vol 16, Issue 5, p463
- ISSN
0197-3851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199605)16:5<463::AID-PD876>3.0.CO;2-N