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Chromosome anomalies of infants dying during the perinatal period and premature newborn

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363 samples of different tissues were taken for cultivation from 118 antepartum deaths, 85 intrapartum deaths and 112 newborn dying during the first days after delivery. Successful growth of culture was noticed in 48.2% (15.4%) of antepartum deaths; 71.8% of intrapartum deaths and 68.1% of newborn dying during the first days of life. Among the 22 antepartum deaths 3 (13.6%) infants were found to have anomalies of karyotype; among 61 intrapartum deaths 3 (4.9%) infants were found to have karyotype anomalies; and among 92 early neonatal deaths 6 ones (6.5%) had karyotype anomalies. The total frequency of chromosome anomalies among the infants dying during the perinatal period was 6.9%.

The final result of cytogenetic investigation of 607 premature infants was that chromosome anomalies were found among 2.5%, that is 3.5 times as much, as in the general newborn population. Among the types of chromosome anomalies the main defects were anomalies in the system of sex chromosomes and trisomy-21, and that is the proof of the fact, that other types of anomalies, found in newborn populations lead to earlier lethality.

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Kuleshov, N.P. Chromosome anomalies of infants dying during the perinatal period and premature newborn. Hum Genet 31, 151–160 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296143

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