Routine Cytogenetic Test List

Cytogenetics Laboratory

Routine Cytogenetic Test List

Chromosome Studies  
General FISH Studies Syndrome FISH Studies


Chromosome Studies for Genetic Disorders

Chromosome Analysis, for Chorionic Villus Sampling, Amniotic Fluid cells, Conception, Blood, Skin Biopsy, Ascites or Pleural Fluid, Urine

Sister Chromosome Exchange Analysis (SCE) for Bloom Syndrome

Mitomycin C Stress Test (MMC) for Fanconi Anemia

General FISH Studies

  • Rapid FISH for prenatal and newborn aneuploidy [13,18,21,X,Y], FISH
  • Subtelomeric rearrangement
  • X/Y Aneuploidy, Buccal smear, FISH
  • Aneuploidy Detection, POC, FISH
  • XIST, Xq13.2, FISH
  • SRY, Yp11.2, FISH
  • Sex chromosome mosaicism, FISH
  • Molar pregnancy, FISH
  • Sex chromosome abnormalities, FISH
  • Chromosome anomalies, unspecified miscellaneous with chromosome-specific FISH probes

Syndrome FISH Studies

  • 1p36 microdeletion syndrome, 1p36 deletion, FISH
  • Wolf-Hirschhorn, 4p deletion, FISH
  • Cri-du-Chat, 5p deletion, FISH
  • Sotos syndrome, 5q deletion, FISH
  • William’s syndrome, 7q11.23 deletion, FISH
  • Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome, 15q11.2 deletion, FISH
  • 15q11.2 duplication syndrome, FISH
  • Miller-Dieker syndrome, 17p13.3 deletion, FISH
  • Smith-Magenis syndrome, 17p11.2 deletion, FISH
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1, 17q11.2 deletion, FISH
  • DiGeorge/Shprintzen (VCF) syndrome, 22q11.2 deletion, FISH
  • The 22q11.2 duplication, FISH
  • Kallmann syndrome, Xp22.3 deletion, FISH
  • Steroid sulfatase deficiency, Xp22.3 deletion, FISH
  • Infertility/sex differentiation
  • Turner variant

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