Clinical utility of skin karyotype

• Main Authors: Luiza E. Dorfman (Author), Agnes F. R. P. Silva (Author), Giorgio A. Paskulin (Author), Rafael F. M. Rosa (Author), Paulo R. G. Zen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACTWe report the case of a patient with Patau syndrome, diagnosed by skin karyotype, emphasizing the applications and importance of this test. The pregnancy morphology ultrasound showed face defects and of central nervous system and heart chambers asymmetry. In the postnatal evaluation it was i...