We describe a trisomy 21 with a small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) derived from chromosomes 13/21 and 18 in which the karyotype was 48,XY,+der(13 or 21)t(13 or 21;18)(13 or 21pter→13q11 or 21q11.1::18p 11.21→18pter),+21. Of the 35 case reports in the literature for a karyotype 48,XN,+21,+mar, in only 12 was the origin of the sSMC determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of early growth disturbance in chromosomally abnormal fetuses by comparing the volume of the fetal head to that of the trunk. METHODS The fetal trunk and head volume was measured using three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound in 145 chromosomally abnormal fetuses at a median gestational age of 12 (range, 11 + 0 to 13 + 6) weeks. The head volume was measured separat...

BACKGROUND Screening for fetal chromosome abnormalities in the first trimester includes analysis of the serological markers pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) and free beta human choriogonadotropin (free beta hCG). The blood sample is traditionally taken around week 12 of gestation, but the performance of earlier blood sampling is not well documented. METHODS We studied 44,537 sin...

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the most effective approach screening of trisomy 21 in the first trimester in Vietnam Method: A prospective study carried out during 1 year. All pregnancies screened the risk of trisomy 21 by association of the fetal nuchal translucency, maternal age and biochemical serum (free β-hCG and PAPP-A) as a combined test in the first trimester. The amniocentesis was ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the mid-facial hypoplasia of fetuses with trisomy 21 at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation, by three-dimensional (3D) evaluation of the maxilla and the nasal bones. METHODS A 3D volume of the fetal head was obtained before fetal karyotyping at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 (median 12) weeks of gestation in 80 fetuses that were subsequently found to have trisomy 21 and in 862 fetu...

BACKGROUND This study measured lymphocyte mitochondrial O(2) consumption (cellular respiration) in children with trisomy 21. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from whole blood of trisomy 21 and control children and these cells were immediately used to measure cellular respiration rate. [O(2)] was determined as a function of time from the phosphorescence decay rates (1/τ...

Extra copies of chromosome 21 are often found in sporadic leukemias. Constitutional trisomy 21 of Down syndrome (DS) is associated with markedly increased risk for childhood leukemia. Thus the oncogenic role of trisomy 21 in the more common sporadic childhood leukemias may be revealed through the investigations of the relatively rare leukemias of DS. Recent studies of the megakaryoblastic leuke...

OBJECTIVE To determine if in fetuses with aneuploidies the diameter of the fourth cerebral ventricle at 11-13 weeks' gestation is different from euploid fetuses. METHODS The fourth ventricle at 11-13 weeks' gestation was assessed in 62 cases of trisomy 21, 32 of trisomy 18, 10 of trisomy 13, and 12 of triploidy and compared to 410 normal euploid fetuses. Transvaginal sonography was carried ou...

BACKGROUND A disintegrin and metalloprotease 12 (ADAM12-S) has previously been reported to be significantly reduced in maternal serum from women with fetal aneuploidy early in the first trimester and to significantly improve the quality of risk assessment for fetal trisomy 21 in prenatal screening. The aim of this study was to determine whether ADAM12-S is a useful serum marker for fetal trisom...

BACKGROUND The recent discovery of the presence of circulating cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma opens up new prenatal diagnostic applications and provides new avenues for clinical investigation. It is of research and potential diagnostic interest to determine whether fetal trisomy 21 may be associated with quantitative abnormalities of circulating fetal DNA in maternal plasma. METHODS M...