What are chromosomal abnormalities? Learn how and why they can result in miscarriage or chromosomal disorders. Finding out you're pregnant should be an exciting time, but it can also be stressful.

Unlike simple mendelian disorders caused by highly penetrant ... in circumstances where well-defined mendelian traits or chromosomal aberrations have served as clues for uncovering general disease ...

Could science help prevent birth defects? This National Birth Defects Awareness Month, here's the breakthrough every couple ...

Taken together, these banding techniques offer clinical cytogeneticists an arsenal of staining methods for diagnosing chromosomal abnormalities in patients. In order to maximize the diagnostic ...

The study found that Prequel ® Prenatal Screen with AMPLIFY™ technology enables reliable results as early as eight-weeks’ gestation. Typically, prenatal cell-free DNA (pcfDNA) screening is offered ...

which may help explain why older maternal age is associated with higher risks of pregnancy complications and chromosomal disorders of the child. Men, however, do not show this age-related change ...

Craddock and Owen's [24] review of the literature found reports of 7 cytogenetic surveys of samples of psychiatric patients, which included subjects with mood disorders, and 22 case reports of ...