Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

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A Cytogenetic Study in Patients Referred for Suspected Chromosomal Abnormalities

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  • Oh, S.K. (Dept. of Biology, College of Liberal arts and Science, Kun Kuk University) ;
  • Lee, H.H. (Dept. of Biology, College of Liberal arts and Science, Kun Kuk University) ;
  • Moon, S.Y. (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chang, Y.S. (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 오선경 (건국대학교 문리과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 이형환 (건국대학교 문리과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 문신용 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과) ;
  • 장윤석 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과)
  • Published : 1985.12.30
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Abstract

Presented in this paper the data from a chromosome study of 397 patients referred for suspected chromosmal abnormalities. Karyotypes were obtained using short-term blood culture and direct method. Of these 238 patients had normal chromosome complements; 159 (40.1%) patients had chromosome abnormality. Among all patients with chromosome abnormalities, 82.4% (131/159) had aberrations of chromosome number, the others 17.60/0 (28/159\ had aberrations of chromosome structure. Ten had a chromosome rearrangement; Five of them were reciprocal and five Robertsonian translocations. Four patients with pericentric inversions and one with paracentric inversions and four with isochromosomes were observed. There were four patients with marker chromosome, two patients had a chromosome insertion; and three others. (additional abnormal chromosomes.) Thus the results of the present study indicate the importance of cytogenetic evaluation in clinically abnormal patients.

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