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- Title
Experience Using a Rapid Assay for Aneuploidy and Microdeletion/Microduplication Detection in over 2,900 Prenatal Specimens.
- Authors
Rosenfeld, Jill a.; Morton, S. anne; Hummel, Cathryn; Sulpizio, Scott G.; McDaniel, Lisa D.; Schultz, Roger a.; Torchia, Beth S.; Ravnan, J. Britt; Ellison, Jay W.; Fisher, allan J.
- Abstract
Background: While microarray testing can identify chromosomal abnormalities missed by karyotyping, its prenatal use is often avoided in low-risk pregnancies due to the possible identification of variants of uncertain significance (VOUS). Methods: We tested 2,970 prenatal samples of all referral indications using a rapid BACs-on-Beads-based assay with probes for sex chromosomes, common autosomal aneuploidies, and 20 microdeletion/microduplication syndromes, designed as an alternative to microarray in low-risk pregnancies and an alternative to rapid aneuploidy testing in pregnancies also undergoing microarray analysis. Results: Interpretable results were obtained in 2,940 cases (99.0%), with 89% receiving results in 1 day. Aneuploidies were detected in 7.3% and partial chromosome abnormalities in 0.45% (n = 13), including 5 referred for maternal age, abnormal maternal serum screen, or isolated ultrasound markers. The added detection above karyotype was 1 in 745 in lower-risk cases with normal ultrasounds or isolated ultrasound markers/increased nuchal measurements and 1 in 165 for fetuses with structural/growth abnormalities. Neither false negatives nor false positives were found within test limitations. Female polyploidy could not be detected, while polyploidies with Y chromosomes were suspected and confirmed through additional analysis. Conclusion: When combined with karyotyping, this assay provides increased interrogation of specific chromosomal regions, while limiting VOUS identification. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL assay; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME duplication; PRENATAL diagnosis; DIAGNOSTIC specimens; BIOMARKERS
- Publication
Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, 2014, Vol 36, Issue 3, p231
- ISSN
1015-3837
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000360081