Approximately 1 in 35 children are born with congenital anomalies or birth defects. Significant proportions of children with congenital anomalies, mental retardation and developmental delay have chromosome abnormalities. About 1/150 live births have chromosome abnormality, which is either a change in the number of chromosome or structure of chromosome. Chromosome abnormalities are a cause of a wide range of disorders in pediatric population. Anomalies of sexual development can also result from chromosomal abnormalities. In adults, chromosome abnormalities can be associated with infertility and repeated miscarriage. Diagnosis of disorders resulting from chromosome abnormalities requires cytogenetic testing to identify the cause of the disorder. This testing is available for newborns, children and adults.
Chromosome abnormalities are detected by cytogenetic testing which include Standard Karyotype analysis and/or Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH).
Karyotype analysis examines the number and the structure of the chromosomes in the cells. Individual FISH tests are available for specific aneuploidies (change in chromosome number), common microdeletion /duplication syndromes and for subtelomeric rearrangements.
Maternal / Prenatal Screening
Pre-eclampsia Screening and Diagnosis
Prenatal Diagnosis
Non Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS)
