Genetics Flashcards
1
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Clinical features T21 (at birth)
A
Facies Hypotonic Flat occiput Single palmar crease Incurved 5th finger Sandal gap
2
Q
Ix T21
A
FISH
3
Q
Congenital heart disease prevalence in T21
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30%
4
Q
50 year survivial T21
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50%
5
Q
Commonest cause of T21
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Meiotic nondisjunction
6
Q
Incidence T21
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1/650
7
Q
Incidence T18
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1/8000
8
Q
Incidence T13
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1/14000
9
Q
Immediate medical complications T21
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Congenital heart disease - AVSD
Duodenal atresia
10
Q
Incidence Turner’s
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1/2500 live births (95% result in miscarriage)
11
Q
Antenatal USS findings Turner’s
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Fetal oedema of neck, hands, feet
Cystic hygroma
12
Q
Neonatal features Turner’s
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Lymphoedema hands and feet Spoon nails Short stature Neck webbing Widely spaced nipples
13
Q
Mx Turner’s
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GH therapy Oestrogen replacement (secondary sex characteristics - infertility persists)
14
Q
Di George genetic abnormality
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Deletion band q11 on chr22
15
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Commonest mode of mendelian inheritance
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