A New Case of Prenatally Diagnosed Pentasomy X: Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Linda Maria Azzurra Pirollo (Author), Leila Baghernajad Salehi (Author), Simona Sarta (Author), Marco Cassone (Author), Maria Vittoria Capogna (Author), Emilio Piccione (Author), Giuseppe Novelli (Author), Adalgisa Pietropolli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pentasomy X is a rare chromosomal abnormality probably due to a nondisjunction during the meiosis. Only four cases prenatally diagnosed were described until now. Our case is the fifth one prenatally diagnosed at 20 weeks of gestational age in a 39-years-old woman. She underwent invasive prenatal dia...