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Chromosome Preparation From Cultured Cells
Published on: January 28, 2014
[A rare case of dicentric ring chromosome and derivative ring chromosome Chimera]
Junzhen Zhu1, Xiaoping Yu, Xiaofeng Qi
1Hebei Maternal Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050000, China. 1326753406@qq.com.
Objective:
Utilize high-resolution chromosome analysis and microarray detection to determine the genetic etiology of infertility of a 32-year old female patient.
Methods:
The peripheral blood of the patient was cultured for high-resolution chromosome G and C banding karyotype analysis, and then 750K SNP-Array chip detection was performed.
Results:
Karyotype analysis results showed that the patient's karyotype was 45,XX,-13 [7]/46,XX,r(13) (p13q34) [185]/46,XX,dic r(13;13)(p13q34;p13q34) [14]/ 47,XX,+der(13;13;13;13) (p13q34;p13q34;p13q34; p13q34), dic r(13;13) [1]/ 46,XX [3]. The microarray results showed that the patient had a 3.3 Mb deletion in the 13q34 segment of chromosome 13, which may be related to infertility.
Conclusion:
Infertility of the patient reported in this article may be related to the deletion of chromosome segment (13q34-qter).
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