Molar and nonmolar triploidy: Recurrence or bad luck

Brianne Robinson; Jo‐Ann Brock; Craig Midgen; Jillian Coolen

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2703

Clinical Case Reports (May 2020)

Molar and nonmolar triploidy: Recurrence or bad luck

Brianne Robinson,
Jo‐Ann Brock,
Craig Midgen,
Jillian Coolen

Affiliations

Brianne Robinson: Dalhousie Medical School Halifax NS Canada
Jo‐Ann Brock: Departments of Anatomic Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dalhousie University Halifax NS Canada
Craig Midgen: Department of Anatomic Pathology Dalhousie University Halifax NS Canada
Jillian Coolen: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dalhousie University Halifax NS Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2703
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 5
pp. 785 – 789

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Abstract In triploid pregnancies, the parental origin of the extra genome determines the phenotype and placental and fetal outcomes. Molecular genetics and placental pathology enable differentiation of molar vs nonmolar pregnancy to guide future planning.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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