Pregnancy: Cytogenetic characteristics of ectopic pregnancy
Open Access
- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Human Reproduction
- Vol. 11 (12) , 2769-2771
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019207
Abstract
During a 12 month period, tissue was collected from 30 surgically managed patients presenting with vital ectopic pregnancies. Chorionic villi of the removed tissue were successfully karyotyped by (semi-) direct chromosome technique in 22 cases. Only one abnormal chromosomal complement, a triploidy (69,XXX) was found- As controls, 10 cases of intrauterine pregnancies were investigated, all showing a normal karyotype. These findings do not suggest an important role for chromosome abnormalities in the aetiology of vital ectopic pregnancies.Keywords
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