Pregnancy outcomes in 188 French cases of prenatally diagnosed Klinefelter syndrome  

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Gruchy, N. ; Vialard, F. ; Decamp, M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Human Reproduction vol. 26 no. 09 (Sep. 2011), page 2570-2575..
Topik: REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS; Prenatal Diagnosis; Klinefelter Syndrome; Outcome Multidisciplinary Centers
Fulltext: Hum. Reprod.-2011-Gruchy-2570-5.pdf (174.55KB)

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BACKGROUND Klinefelter syndrome (KS), a common sex chromosome aneuploidy (47,XXY) is diagnosed prenatally with an incidence of 0.15%. The diagnosis is generally incidental, since there are no typical malformations on ultrasound (US). Once detected, genetic counseling is often difficult and the parents' decision to continue or terminate the pregnancy is greatly dependent on the amount and nature of the information provided. We sought to assess the pregnancy outcomes (i.e. continuation versus termination) and the influence of multidisciplinary centers for prenatal diagnosis on parental decisions in cases of KS. METHODS From 1985 to 2009, 188 prenatal diagnoses of KS were made by 11 participating laboratories in mainland France. In each case, the karyotype indication, parental ages, year of prenatal testing, sampling procedure, karyotype, associated US findings and outcome were recorded. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The pregnancy termination rate declined markedly over time, from 46.9% before 1997 to 11.6% thereafter, in line with the introduction of new legislation on prenatal diagnosis for medical reasons and, more specifically, the creation of multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centers. However, an additional microdeletion in one KS infant who exhibited echogenic bowel on US was unfortunately diagnosed postnatally. This raises the question as to whether array comparative genomic hybridization should be prenatally advised when US abnormalities are detected, in line with advice for fetuses with a normal karyotype.

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