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Semiconductor Sequencing for Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy
Published on: August 25, 2019
Prevalence of aneuploidies in South Carolina in the 1990s
Julianne S Collins1, Rick L Olson, Barbara R DuPont
1Greenwood Genetic Center, 1 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646, USA.
Purpose:
Folate insufficiency due to nutritional deficiency or folate processing gene mutations has been proposed as a trisomy 21 risk factor. This study examined the possibility that increased folic acid intake among women of childbearing age may decrease the prevalence of trisomy 21 and other aneuploidies.
Methods:
The prevalence of aneuploidies from 1990 through 1999 was compared with folic acid use in women of childbearing age in South Carolina.
Results:
Folic acid use and the prevalence of all aneuploidies significantly increased during this period.
Conclusion:
Increased folic acid utilization in South Carolina was not associated with decreased prevalence of trisomy 21 or other aneuploidies.
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