**GOT THE ANSWER ON MY OWN TO MISSED QUESTION**

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At Wed, 11 Dec 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Caroline wrote:
>>
>>It's about the FISH test (flourescent in situ hybridisation). At the
>>amnio they give you the option to pay an extra $400 and get preliminary
>>results within 24-48 hours. Although you still have to wait the usual
>>10 days or so to get FINAL amnio results, FISH provides fast analysis &
>>info on chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y.
>>
>>My question: If FISH comes back perfect, what are the chances of amnio
>>coming back perfect too? About what percentage of what CAN go wrong is
>>covered by the aforementioned 5 sets of chromosomes?
>>
>>I've been on the internet for the last two days trying to get an answer
>>to this; I guess it's such a new test that there are no "official"
>>answers and I'm not finding anything. I'm going crazy! Thank you for
>>your help.
>
>Will someone please answer this girl?!? This question has been posted so
>many times!!

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