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ArticlePorto biomedical journal2018

Prenatal diagnosis: the clinical usefulness of array comparative genomic hybridization.

Marta Freitas, Joel Pinto, Carla Ramalho, Sofia Dória

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Article in Porto biomedical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marta FreitasFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal.
Joel PintoGenetics Unit, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine.
Carla RamalhoI3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto.
Sofia DóriaGenetics Unit, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine.
i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto · PTHospital de São João · PTUniversidade do Porto · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArray comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) has been replacing karyotype in neurodevelopment diseases or intellectual disability cases. Regarding prenatal diagnosis (PND) karyotyping is still the criterion standard technique; nevertheless, the application of aCGH in this field has been increasing dramatically and some groups recommended it as the first-tier prenatal genetic test in cases of fetal ultrasound abnormalities. Despite aCGH greater resolution, the detection of variants of unknown significance (VOUS) is not desirable, so it's need some reflexion before generalized application on PND.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence and type of copy number variants (CNVs) detected in the 55 PND samples collected from pregnancies with indication to perform aCGH.

methodsaCGH was performed using Agilent 4 × 180K microarrays and results were analyzed using CytoGenomics software. RESULTS AND

conclusionEight (14.5%) cases had pathogenic or likely pathogenic CNVs. VOUS were found in 21.8% of the cases, but this frequency could be minimized if only large CNVs above 1 million base pairs that are outside the clinically curated targeted regions were considered.

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array comparative genomic hybridizationcopy number variationkaryotypeprenatal diagnosisvariants of unknown significance

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PMID31595243
PMCPMC6726309
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