Prenatal SNP array testing in 1000 fetuses with ultrasound anomalies: causative, unexpected and susceptibility CNVs

Gosia Srebniak, Karin Diderich, Marieke Joosten, LCP Govaerts, Jeroen Knijnenburg, Femke Vries, Marjan Boter, Debora Lont, Maarten Knapen, Charlotte Wit, Attie Go, Robert-Jan Galjaard, D Opstal

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Abstract

To evaluate the diagnostic value of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array testing in 1033 fetuses with ultrasound anomalies we investigated the prevalence and genetic nature of pathogenic findings. We reclassified all pathogenic findings into three categories: causative findings; unexpected diagnoses (UD); and susceptibility loci (SL) for neurodevelopmental disorders. After exclusion of trisomy 13, 18, 21, sex-chromosomal aneuploidy and triploidies, in 76/1033 (7.4%) fetuses a pathogenic chromosome abnormality was detected by genomic SNP array: in 19/1033 cases (1.8%) a microscopically detectable abnormality was found and in 57/1033 (5.5%) fetuses a pathogenic submicroscopic chromosome abnormality was detected. 58% (n=44) of all these pathogenic chromosome abnormalities involved a causative finding, 35% (n=27) a SL for neurodevelopmental disorder, and 6% (n=5) a UD of an early-onset untreatable disease. In 0.3% of parental samples an incidental pathogenic finding was encountered. Our results confirm that a genomic array should be the preferred first-tier technique in fetuses with ultrasound anomalies. All UDs involved early-onset diseases, which is beneficial for the patients to know. It also seems that UDs occur at a comparable frequency among microscopic and submicroscopic pathogenic findings. SL were more often detected than in pregnancies without ultrasound anomalies.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)645-651
Number of pages7
JournalEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Volume24
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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  • EMC MGC-02-52-01-A
  • EMC MGC-02-96-01
  • EMC MM-04-44-02

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