BACKGROUND Quantification of cell-free fetal DNA by methylation-based DNA discrimination has been used in non-invasive prenatal testing of fetal chromosomal aneuploidy. The maspin (Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade B (ovalbumin), member 5; SERPINB5) gene, located on chromosome 18q21.33, is hypomethylated in the placenta and completely methylated in maternal blood cells. The objective of this st...

THE CONGENITAL chromosomal syndromes are those in which an implied, but unproved, causal relationship exists between microscopically detectable chromosomal aberrations and congenital malformations and biochemical abnormalities. Precise pathogenetic mechanisms giving rise to these congenital defects are unknown, but it is probable that they ultimately derive from the quantitative imbalance impos...

Aneuploidy, especially monosomy 7 and trisomy 8, is a frequent cytogenetic abnormality in the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs). Patients with monosomy 7 and trisomy 8 have distinctly different clinical courses, responses to therapy, and survival probabilities. To determine disease-specific molecular characteristics, we analyzed the gene expression pattern in purified CD34 hematopoietic progenit...

BACKGROUND The increase in maternal age in recent years has intensified the effort to develop early non-invasive methods for screening for trisomy 21 and other chromosomal abnormalities in prenatal diagnosis. In the first trimester of pregnancy, maternal age, fetal nuchal translucency (NT), maternal levels of free beta- human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) and pregnancy-associated plasma pro...

For antenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome (trisomy 21) and for the determination of parental origin of nondisjoined chromosome, we have evaluated a simple PCR based DNA diagnostic method where polymorphic allelic fragments were resolved in 6% polyacrylamide gel. Three families, DS5 , DS7 and DS9 , each with a single child with trisomy 21 were studied ,using two polymorphic microsatellite markers...

Trisomy 18, or Edwards syndrome, is the second most common chromosome anomaly after trisomy 21. Various types of congenital heart diseases are seen in the majority of trisomy 18 patients. Palliative treatment of right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) stenosis includes options like balloon dilatation, stenting and surgery. Herein, we present a case with trisomy 18 and double outlet right ventric...

OBJECTIVE To describe a case of young-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) due to mosaicism for trisomy 21. DESIGN Case report of a single patient. SETTING Tertiary referral dementia clinic. PATIENT A 55-year-old man with a mild degree of developmental delay but no previous diagnosis of Down syndrome and only minimal physical manifestations of Down syndrome presented with gradually progressive co...

Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) is the second most common trisomy among live born fetuses, with poor prognosis. Estimate of its incidence is between 1 in 4000- 16000 live births. Most of the chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses are detected by prenatal ultrasound findings in the first and second trimesters. In this case re- port, we present a partial type of trisomy 18 occurring through de novo u...

Address for Correspondence / Yazışma Adresi: Yard. Doç .Dr. Aysel Derbent, Alparslan Türkeş Cad. No: 57 06510, Ankara, Türkiye Phone: +90 312 203 55 55 Mobile: +90 535 283 51 80 e.mail: [email protected] Ultrasound examination in early pregnancy has steadily gained importance and is now routine for most women in the first trimester. The sonographic features of early trisomy 7 pregnancies a...

During the period 1 January 1990-31 December 1990, 68 neonates with congenital abnormalities were successfully analysed for chromosome abnormalities in order to determine the contribution of chromosome aberrations to the aetiology of congenital abnormalities. The neonates were karyotyped employing the G-banding technique. Twenty-nine babies showed abnormal chromosome karyotypes. Twenty-six were...