縱使哥倫比亞大學的文獻指出,染色體芯片比傳統的染色體核型分析能提供更多的臨床訊息,可以成為產前診斷的標準工具,同一期刊對此文章的評論卻有較中立的看法2,認為若染色體芯片偵測到的CNV在臨床上仍是不確定性
(variants of uncertain clinical significance)
時,無法真確判斷是否會造成胎兒遺傳異常,可能會引起一些倫理上的問題;有鑒于此,華聯染色體芯片特別針對已有文獻確認的疾病區域作判讀,并且由遺傳醫師謹慎小心的解釋是否與疾病的發生相關,最后才出具報告給受檢人。華聯謹慎對待每一件案例。
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