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Reproductive Genetics II

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Risk of Down syndrome   ACOG 2007: diagnostic testing regardless of age, not based solely on maternal age >35 yrs  
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Diagnostic options to detect down syndrome   1.CVS 2.Amniocentesis 3.maternal serum screening for aneuploidy  
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Risk of pregnancy loss assoc w/ CVS   1/2%  
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Risk of pregnancy loss assoc w/ Amniocentesis   1%  
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CVS and Amniocentesis   can detect trisomy 21, cannot predict individual variation  
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Maternal Age >35 yrs is a poor screening test   because 1.screen positive rate high- 15% of women 2.predictive value low- 1-2% are true trisomy 21 3.detection rate is low - 30% of trisomy 21  
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Aneuploidy screening tools   Maternal serum markers: 2nd trimester (triple test-MSAFP, hCG, estriol; quad test- triple + inhibin); first trimester (PaPP-A, hCG; nuchal translucency); combined 1st and 2nd trimester screening  
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Screening for Down Syndrome - Quad screen   sensitivity: 81%; PPV: 1/40 (2.5%); Screen positive: 5%  
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Screening for Down Syndrome - Nuchal lucency   sensitivity: 81%; PPV: 1/50 (2.0%); screen positive: 4.2%  
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Screening for Down Syndrome - NL + PAPP-A, hCG (1st)   sensitivity: 87%; PPV: 1/25 (4%); screen positive: 5.0%  
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combined 1st/2nd trimester screening   2 types: 1.nondisclosure ("integrated"), 2.disclosure (sequential, contingent)  
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nondisclosure combined 1st/2nd trimester screening   PaPP-A and NL 1st trimester + Quad 2nd trimester; results released 2nd trimester; 97% detection (4.7% screen +)  
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disclosure combined 1st/2nd trimester screening   NL + PaPP-A +hCG; disclosure of high risk results 1st trimester; all remaining return for quad (sequential)- 95% detection (4.9% screen +); only intermediate risk return for second trimester (contingent) - 93% detection (4.3 screen +)  
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Nuchal lucency > 4.0   highly unlikely to screen -ve on serum screening; 0.09% of population; 33% of aneuploidy  
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Nuchal lucency 3-4   8% have -ve serum screen; 0.3% of population; 17% aneuploidy  
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1st trimester markers of aneuploidy   nuchal lucency, nasal bone, ductus venous  
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Absent NB   likelihood of trisomy 21: 7.05  
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Ductus flow abnormal   likelihood of trisomy 21: 6.42  
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molecular diagnostic modalities   1.Chorionic villus sampling, 2.Amniocentesis, 3.Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling  
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Risks of invasive fetal diagnostic procedures   1.Miscarriage, 2.fetal morbidity (rupture of membranes, malformations, infectious, isoimmunization), 3.technical (no sample obtained, misdiagnosis).  
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Fetal Morbidity of Amniocentesis (PPROM)   Premature preterm rupture of membrane - 1% (91% survival)  
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Fetal Morbidity of Amniocentesis direct fetal trauma   is rare with ultrasound guidance  
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Technical risks of Amniocentesis   low technical failures for sample retrieval and culture failure; misdiagnosis can occur from maternal cell contamination  
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Fetal morbidity and CVS   1.limb reduction defect (recommend CVS >9 wks only) 2.Hemangiomas (3X increase over amnio), confined mostly to transcervical, no relationship to sample size, gestation at sampling, bleeding  
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Misdiagnosis on CVS   1.evaluation of solely direct or culture cells, 2.MCC, 3.confined placental mosaicism (1-2% of CVS samples, 1/3 reflect true fetal mosaicism, 2/3 are confined to placenta, risks of uniparental disomy, risks of fetal growth restrictions), 4.twins  
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early amniocentesis   9-12.9 wks  
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routine amniocentesis   >15 wks  
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post procedure loss early amnio   4.2%  
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post procedure loss CVS   2.3%  
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risk of talipes (club foot) in early amnio   1.1%  
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risk of talipes in mid amnio   0.4%  
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risk of talipes in routine amnio   0.1%  
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PUBS   ultrasound guidance, fetal umbilical vessel w/ 22 gauge needle; adv: full fetal karyo in 48hrs, all fetal hematology and serology, utility in assessing CVS mosaicism; disadv: 1-2% risk of fetal loss, later in gestation (>18 wks)  
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Amniocentesis   Timing: =>15 weeks; risk of loss: 0.5%; fetal risks: Rh-, fetal trauma (rare); technical: easiest to perform  
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Early amniocentesis   timing: 9-12.9 wks; risk of loss: 2-3%; fetal risks: Rh-, fetal trauma(rare), increase club foot; technical: increased culture failure  
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CVS   timing: =>10 wks; risk of loss: 1.0%; fetal risks: Rh-, fetal trauma(rare), hemangioma?; technical: difficult, confined placental mosaicism  
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PUBS   timing: =>18wks; risk of loss: 1-2%, fetal risks: Rh-, fetal trauma(rare); technical: hardest  
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Noninvasive molecular approach   based cells that pass between mother and fetus- these are scarce (20 fetal cells per 20 ml maternal blood); difficult to extract, difficult to analyze, but persist after delivery  
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Cell free nucleic acids   identified in adult serum, fragments of DNA/RNA w/out cell membrane, assoc w/ inflammatory diseases (pancreatitis, lupus, glomerular nephritis), rapid cell turnover (cancer), tissue injury (trauma, stroke, myocardial infarct)  
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where does ffDNA/ffRNA originate   1.fetal cells in the maternal circulation, 2.fetal to maternal circulation, 3.placental apoptosis (present in early gestation, specificity for placental gene expression)  
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fetal cell free DNA   3-5% of total free DNA in maternal circulation (up to 12%); smaller fragment size than maternal free DNA; present at 5-7 wks, cleared w/in hrs; ffDNA and RNA can be isolated with high fidelity  
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What factors alter ffDNA levels   1.gestational age (positive correlation); 2.BMI (positive correlation)  
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What factors do not alter ffDNA levels   race, parity, smoking, maternal age, mode of conception, placental volume by 3-D ultrasound  
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Fetal gene is different from mother's gene   SRY -fetal sex; paternal genes different from mother's - RH negative  
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Fetal gene is the same as the mother's gene   Aneuploidy; solved w/ NGS sequencing  
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ffDNA and aneuploidies   high sensitivity (78.6-100%) and specficity (>98%)  
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Detection rate   2nd trim quad- 80%; 1st trim combined- 90%; integrated- 90%; DNA testing- 99%  
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Screen positive rate   2nd trim quad- 5%; 1st trim combined- 5%; integrated- 2%; DNA testing- 0.2%  
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Failure rate   2nd trim quad- <<1%; 1st trim combined- <1%; integrated- <1%; DNA testing- 0.3-3%  
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Chance of true positive   2nd trim quad- 2%; 1st trim combined- 2-3%; integrated- 4%; DNA testing- =>98%  
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Complexitity   2nd trim quad- 1 blood draw; 1st trim combined- US and 1 draw; integrated- US and 2 draws; DNA testing- 1 blood draw  
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ffDNA testing   ACOG (2012): not to be offered to low-risk women or women with multiple gestations because it has not been sufficiently evaluated in these groups  
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discordant results between ffDNA and amnio   1.confined placental mosaicism, 1-2% of pregnancies; 2.'vanished' twin with karyo abnormality; 3.mosaicism in mother; 4.maternal cancer  
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ffDNA testing false negatives   role of BMI (impact of plasma dilution, impact of increased proportion of maternal DNA secondary to greater inflammatory state); role of early gestational age; role of fetal fraction  
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cardiac anomalies (2nd trim US)   cardiac anomalies - 15% if NL >5.5 mm; inc venous pressures, mediastinal compression (congen diaphragmatic hernia, narrow thorax skel dysphasia); altered extracellular matrix (col dis- chondrodysplasias); impair mvmt (fetal akenesia syndrome); Noonan, SLO  
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US in 2nd trimester   for structural anomalies, for aneuploidy screening "soft markers"  
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2nd trim US structural anomalies   risk of aneuploidy greatest for multiple anomalies (18.8%); smaller risk for isolated anomalies (9.3%); minor features and dysmorphia difficult to appreciate  
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2nd trim US "soft markers" isolated   increase risk of aneuploidy 1.5 - 3 fold  
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2nd trim US "soft markers" 2 or more   increase risk of of aneuploid 10 fold or more  
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2nd trim US "soft signs/markers"   nuchal fold, echogenic bowel, echogenic cardiac focus, shortened femur/humerus, renal fullness, choroid plexus cysts (trisomy 18)  
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2nd trim US abnormalities w/ nl karyotype   ~5% have microarray abnormalities  
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microarray testing of SABs   additional 9.8% with clinical relevance  
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microarray testing of stillbirths   13% abnormal in prior normal or unobtainable karyotype  
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microarray testing in PGD   detect aneuploidy  
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microarray testing routine amnio   less amniotic fluid/faster results; does not identify triploidy or balanced translocations; greater disease detection (6% w/ structural/growth abnl, 0.5% known path changes, 1.2% potential for clinical significance).  
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