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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2020 Dec 4;184(4):1030–1041. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31871

TABLE 3.

Compilation of individuals investigated with triplet repeat expansion testing, CMA, and karyotype

Testing Presenting
Variant description Effect Diagnosis or note References
Neurodegenerative disorders
HD/Ataxia panel Chorea HTT; pathogenic CAG repeat expansion Polyglutamine tract expansion Confirmed HD in four individuals 1
HD/Ataxia panel Ataxia ATXN3; pathogenic CAG repeat expansion Polyglutamine tract expansion Confirmed SCA3 in four individuals 2,3
Fragile X testing (with no other testing)
Fragile X test Autism Normal FMR1 (31 CAG repeats) No further testing
Testing for suspected Down syndrome
CMA Down syndrome Confirmed DS in 11 individuals DS; CMA was the only test we could obtain at this time 4
Karyotype Down syndrome 47,XX + 21 and 47,XY + 21 Trisomy 21 Confirmed DS in 12 individuals
Karyotype Unaffected mother 46,XX/47,XX + 21 mosaic Trisomy 21 mosaic Explained recurrent DS in family 5
Karyotype Unaffected mothers 46,XX Unaffected mothers Confirmed normal karyotype in three unaffected mothers
Karyotype for disorder other than Down syndrome
Karyotype followed by CMA Dysmorphology, DD, ID 46,XY,der(18)t(5;18) (p13.3;q22.3) Translocation with deletion/duplication