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The first case of a genetic abnormality in a 3- year in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer program was diagnosed after routine amniocentesis of a 38-year-old patient. The G-banded karyotype analysis gave 47, XY, +21, which constitutes an abnormal chromosome pattern consistent with Down syndrome.
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Hsiung, C.H.C., Karow, W.G., Gentry, W.C. et al. The first reported case of down syndrome in the Southern California Fertility Institute's in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer program. J Assist Reprod Genet 4, 312–315 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01555376
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