[Should we expand the indications for analysis of fetal chromosomes?].
The usual indications of amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis are briefly reviewed. Some situations which are note included in these usual indications are discussed: mothers of 34 years, young aunts of a trisomic child, patients with a previous aborted conceptus diagnosed as trisomic by histological examination of the placenta or tissue culture. It is anticipated that, if accepted, these "unusual" criteria would not overload a given laboratory with an excess of analysis, and would certainly relief anxiety of motivated couples.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000649:Amniocentesis; D000782:Aneuploidy; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D002904:Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014314:Trisomy
Faut-il élargir les indications de l'analyse des chromosomes foetaux?