DGS 3222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sickle-Cell Disease, Amenorrhoea, Isotretinoin
12 Aug 2016
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Cytogenetic technologists interface with: other laboratories, phd, md, or pathologist directors, pediatricians & neonatologists, obstetricians & gynecologists, oncologists, mental health professionals, genetic counselors, medical geneticists. Cytogenetic samples: amniotic fluid, blood, solid tissue, bone marrows. Amniocentesis & amniotic fluid samples: indications for amnio. Blood studies & peripheral blood samples: indications for blood studies. Developmental delay or failure to meet developmental milestones. History of infertility or repeat spontaneous abortions (sabs) Avery welch medical cytogenetics prelim 1 chapter 1 intro to cytogenetics: pocs (products of conception); chromosomal findings in sabs include. For abnormalities that do not show up in blood: solid tumors. Avery welch medical cytogenetics prelim 1 chapter 1 intro to cytogenetics: gregor mendel 1865, 1909 the word gene" was coined by botanists for the unit of inheritance. What genes were or where they resided was unknown: early 1900s. Females identified as having 48 chromosomes with two x chromosomes.
