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. 2020 Apr;40(5):577-584.
doi: 10.1002/pd.5653. Epub 2020 Feb 10.

Rapid prenatal diagnosis of skeletal dysplasia using medical trio exome sequencing: Benefit for prenatal counseling and pregnancy management

Jin Han  1 , Yan-Dong Yang  2 , Yi He  3 , Wen-Jie Liu  4 , Li Zhen  1 , Min Pan  1 , Xin Yang  1 , Victor Wei Zhang  4   5 , Can Liao  1 , Dong-Zhi Li  1
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Rapid prenatal diagnosis of skeletal dysplasia using medical trio exome sequencing: Benefit for prenatal counseling and pregnancy management

Jin Han et al. Prenat Diagn. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the utility of rapid medical trio exome sequencing (ES) for prenatal diagnosis using the skeletal dysplasia as an exemplar.

Method: Pregnant women who were referred for genetic testing because of ultrasound detection of fetal abnormalities suggestive of a skeletal dysplasia were identified prospectively. Fetal samples (amniocytes or cord blood), along with parental blood, were send for rapid copy number variations testing and medical trio ES in parallel.

Results: Definitive molecular diagnosis was made in 24/27 (88.9%) cases. Chromosomal abnormality (partial trisomy 18) was detected in one case. Sequencing results had explained the prenatal phenotype enabling definitive diagnoses to be made in 23 cases. There were 16 de novo dominant pathogenic variants, four dominant pathogenic variants inherited maternally or paternally, two recessive conditions with pathogenic variants inherited from unaffected parents, and one X-linked condition. The turnaround time from receipt of samples in the laboratory to reporting sequencing results was within 2 weeks.

Conclusion: Medical trio ES can yield very timely and high diagnostic rates in fetuses presenting with suspected skeletal dysplasia. These definite diagnoses aided parental counseling and decision making in most of cases.

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