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Re: unexplained test resultsFrom: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:02:08 -0600 (CST)
At Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Mardi wrote: > >I am a 28 year old with history of repeated mis carriages, my husband >and I recently gave blood to test for chromosomal abnormalites, the test >came back today and I was told we were ok but in my husband they found >some micro delesions (not sure of the pronunciation) I was told this >over the phone, he then told me we would have to see a genetics doctor >as this was out of his field ( hes an ivf specialist) I was wondering if >you have any idea what there talking about and what exactly this means >for us and what chances are left for us to have a family,I have no >children as yet. In the middle of the mis carriages I had a son who was >still birth at 38 weeks due to a knot in the cord. I suspect that he has micro deletions, meaning that small parts of one or more of his chromosomes are missing. The implications of this are highly variable, and only a medical geneticist can tell you what his particular deletions mean.
-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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