About 10 15 % of autism cases have an identifiable Mendelian ( single-gene ) condition, chromosome abnormality, or other genetic syndrome, and ASD is associated with several genetic disorders.
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Veterans of the conflicts in the Persian Gulf, Bosnia and Kosovo have been found to have up to 14 times the usual level of chromosome abnormalities in their genes.
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At age 40, as many as 40 percent of a woman's eggs have chromosome abnormalities and thus are unlikely to implant in the uterine wall or develop normally, she said.
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"We have the means to very precisely probe chromosome abnormalities, " Rogan said . " We have enormous confidence that the probe we make is capable of making the distinctions ."
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Some chromosome abnormalities do not cause disease in carriers, such as translocations, or chromosomal inversions, although they may lead to a higher chance of bearing a child with a chromosome disorder.
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It tests for chromosome abnormalities and inherited genetic diseases as well as neural tube defects, including spina bifida and anencephaly, a very severe brain defect that is usually fatal soon after birth.
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At a Capitol news conference after the vote, Tammy Watts of Tempe, Ariz ., credited the procedure with saving her life after she learned that her developing baby had a lethal chromosome abnormality.
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In the case of four out of five of Oasay's pregnancies, Pearsall has recommended an amniocentesis, a frequently performed diagnostic test designed to locate the presence of chromosome abnormalities such as Down syndrome.
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In 1994 and 1996 she published two papers on the world data of PGD . She was one of the first to report on the high levels of chromosome abnormalities in human preimplantation embryos.
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In 1993, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for " her research on radiation and human chromosome abnormalities [ that ] has made a notable contribution to medical science ".
