1. Whole-genome array CGH evaluation for replacing prenatal karyotyping in Hong Kong.
- Author
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Kan AS, Lau ET, Tang WF, Chan SS, Ding SC, Chan KY, Lee CP, Hui PW, Chung BH, Leung KY, Ma T, Leung WC, and Tang MH
- Subjects
- Female, Genome-Wide Association Study methods, Humans, Male, Abnormal Karyotype, Comparative Genomic Hybridization methods, Genetic Diseases, Inborn diagnosis, Genetic Diseases, Inborn genetics, Karyotyping methods, Prenatal Diagnosis methods
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of whole-genome array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) in prenatal diagnosis in Hong Kong., Methods: Array CGH was performed on 220 samples recruited prospectively as the first-tier test study. In addition 150 prenatal samples with abnormal fetal ultrasound findings found to have normal karyotypes were analyzed as a 'further-test' study using NimbleGen CGX-135K oligonucleotide arrays., Results: Array CGH findings were concordant with conventional cytogenetic results with the exception of one case of triploidy. It was found in the first-tier test study that aCGH detected 20% (44/220) clinically significant copy number variants (CNV), of which 21 were common aneuploidies and 23 had other chromosomal imbalances. There were 3.2% (7/220) samples with CNVs detected by aCGH but not by conventional cytogenetics. In the 'further-test' study, the additional diagnostic yield of detecting chromosome imbalance was 6% (9/150). The overall detection for CNVs of unclear clinical significance was 2.7% (10/370) with 0.9% found to be de novo. Eleven loci of common CNVs were found in the local population., Conclusion: Whole-genome aCGH offered a higher resolution diagnostic capacity than conventional karyotyping for prenatal diagnosis either as a first-tier test or as a 'further-test' for pregnancies with fetal ultrasound anomalies. We propose replacing conventional cytogenetics with aCGH for all pregnancies undergoing invasive diagnostic procedures after excluding common aneuploidies and triploidies by quantitative fluorescent PCR. Conventional cytogenetics can be reserved for visualization of clinically significant CNVs.
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- 2014
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