Prenatal & Products of Conception Testing

Washington University’s Cytogenetics and Molecular Pathology Laboratory offers a variety of prenatal testing including chromosome analysis, chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH).

Indications for testing include, but are not limited to: advanced maternal age; a previous child or pregnancy with a chromosomal abnormality; family history of a sporadic or inherited chromosomal abnormality; known carrier status of sex-linked diseases; abnormal findings by ultrasound (eg: IUGR, malformations); olygohydramnios or polyhydramnios; low or high maternal serum alpha fetoprotein and abnormal results with other prenatal tests.

Chromosome analysis and CMA is also available for products of conception testing.

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