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Background			Clinical Diagnosis
Introduction			Factors affecting clinical presentation
What are chromosomes?			Mosaicism discovered in prenatal diagnosis
Changes to the chromosomes				> Chorionic Villus Sampling
How does trisomy arise?				> Amniocentesis
What is chromosomal mosaicism?				> Ultrasound
How does chromosomal mosaicism occur?				> Confined placental mosaicism
				> Uniparental disomy
			Mosaicism found in blood
			Mosaicism found in preimplantation diagnosis


Chromosome Specific Information
Clinical outcome of mosaicism associated with each specific chromosome change
Trisomy 1	Trisomy 6	Trisomy 11	Trisomy 16		Trisomy 21	Triploidy
Trisomy 2	Trisomy 7	Trisomy 12	Trisomy 17		Trisomy 22	Tetraploidy
Trisomy 3	Trisomy 8	Trisomy 13	Trisomy 18		Trisomy X & Y
Trisomy 4	Trisomy 9	Trisomy 14	Trisomy 19		Monosomy 21
Trisomy 5	Trisomy 10	Trisomy 15	Trisomy 20		Monosomy X


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