2021
Detection of cytogenomic abnormalities by OncoScan microarray assay for products of conception from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded and fresh fetal tissues
Wen J, Grommisch B, DiAdamo A, Chai H, Ng SME, Hui P, Bale A, Mak W, Wang G, Li P. Detection of cytogenomic abnormalities by OncoScan microarray assay for products of conception from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded and fresh fetal tissues. Molecular Cytogenetics 2021, 14: 21. PMID: 33810806, PMCID: PMC8019165, DOI: 10.1186/s13039-021-00542-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathogenic copy number variantsAbnormality detection rateCytogenomic abnormalitiesCulture failureNormal karyotypeHigh diagnostic yieldProducts of conceptionCell contaminationMaternal cell contaminationMolecular inversion probesFresh fetal tissuesParaffin-embedded tissuesFalse-negative resultsFetal resultsRetrospective studyPregnancy lossDiagnostic yieldClinical utilityMaternal cellsFetal tissuesAbnormalitiesNegative resultsChromosomal imbalancesChromosome abnormalitiesUnbalanced structural chromosome abnormalities
1987
Linkage analysis in spinopontine atrophy: Correlation or HLA linkage with phenotypic findings in hereditary ataxia
Bale A, Bale S, Schlesinger S, McFarland H, Opitz J, Reynolds J. Linkage analysis in spinopontine atrophy: Correlation or HLA linkage with phenotypic findings in hereditary ataxia. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 1987, 27: 595-602. PMID: 3477098, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320270312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHLA linkageHereditary ataxiasLoss of proprioceptionNervous system signsExtraocular movement abnormalitiesNeuropathologic changesNeuropathological descriptionOlivopontocerebellar atrophyMovement abnormalitiesAffected family membersPathologic changesSystem signsLower limbsType 1AtrophyHLAPhenotypic findingsNegative resultsAtaxiaFamily membersPresent familyDysphagiaDysarthriaReflexAbnormalities