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what the risks are karyotyping, chromosome analysis, karyotyping, test to identify chromosome abnormalities, the cause of malformation, test can, count the number of chromosomes, look, structural changes in chromosomes, indicate genetic changes linked to a disease, test, performed on a sample of blood, bone marrow, amniotic fluid, placental tissue, chromosomes contain thousands of genes, stored in dna, basic genetic material, specimen is grown in tissue culture, in the laboratory, cells, harvested, chromosomes, stained, viewed under the microscope, photographed, a karyotype, shows the arrangement, the chromosomes, certain abnormalities, the number, arrangement, the chromosomes, , no special preparation, the blood test, to test amniotic fluid, an amniocentesis is performed, testing on placental tissue, after a chorionic villus sampling, after a miscarriage, a bone marrow specimen, a bone marrow biopsy, infants, children, test depends on child's age, previous experience, level of trust, prepare child, infant test, procedure preparation, birth to 1 year, toddler test, procedure preparation, 1 to 3 years, preschooler test, procedure preparation, 3 to 6 years, schoolage test, procedure preparation, 6 to 12 years, adolescent test, procedure preparation, 12 to 18 years, how the test, feel depends on whether the sample procedure is venipuncture, having blood drawn, amniocentesis, bone marrow biopsy, blood test, performed to evaluate a couple, a history of miscarriages, to evaluate an abnormal appearance, the body that suggests a genetic abnormality, bone marrow, blood test, identify the philadelphia chromosome that is present in 85% of those, chronic myelogenous leukemia, cml, amniotic fluid test, evaluate a developing fetus, chromosome abnormalities, females, 44 autosomes, 2 sex chromosomes, xx, denoted 46, x,x, males, 44 autosomes, 2 sex chromosomes, xy, denoted 46, x,y, abnormal results, down syndrome, trisomy 21 = three copies of chromosome 21 instead, the normal two copies, trisomy 18, philadelphia chromosome, klinefelter syndrome, turner syndrome, abnormalities, additional conditions under which the test performed, chronic myelogenous leukemia, cml, leukemias, multiple birth defects, a baby born, genitals, neither completely male, female, risks, procedure used, obtain the specimen, specialized kind of risk in that an abnormal result, have occurred, growth, the cells after they left the body, reason it, prudent to repeat the karyotype test to confirm that the abnormal chromosome constitution, the patient, rare difference, the apparent sex, the patient, chromosomes, a baby, look, has a penis, a boy but turn out to have the chromosomes of a girl, raise issues of what gender to raise the child, chemotherapy, chromosome breaks interfering, normal results, mixtures of 2 different populations of cells, chromosome constititutions, observed, mosaicism, more common in chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, the baby has abnormal chromosomes, order a test, telomeres that looks, ends, the chromosomes, ordered, the karyotyping test.