Detection of mosaicism in amniotic fluid cultures: a CYTO2000 collaborative study
P S Ing1, D L Van Dyke, S P Caudill
1Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Purpose:
To evaluate the assumptions on which the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Standards and Guidelines for detecting mosaicism in amniotic fluid cultures are based.
Methods:
Data from 653 cases of amniotic fluid mosaicism were collected from 26 laboratories. A chi-square goodness-of-fit test was used to compare the observed number of mosaic cases with the expected number based on binomial distribution theory.
Results:
Comparison of observed data from the in situ colony cases with the expected distribution of cases detected based on the binomial distribution did not reveal a significant difference (P = 0.525).
Conclusions:
The empirical data fit the binomial distribution. Therefore, binomial theory can be used as an initial discussion point for determining whether ACMG Standards and Guidelines are adequate for detecting mosaicism.
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