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During recent decades cytogenetic analyses evolved from a research instrument available in a limited number of university laboratories to a well established diagnostic tool routinely applied in various medical disciplines. As with other specialized diagnostic methods included in health plans or covered by health insurances, certain requirements defined by legal authorities or professional organisations have to be met regarding the documentation of the outcome and how it was obtained. Obedience to these rules is critical when alleged diagnostic errors lead to law suits, which has not infrequently been the case in the recent past. Most of these instances were related to prenatal chromosome studies. Bearing in mind the limitations and pitfalls of cytogenetic analyses, either pre- or postnatal, a meticulous documentation is obviously at least as important as the ability to produce high quality cytogenetic preparations.
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Miny, P., Wegner, RD. (1999). Documentation. In: Wegner, RD. (eds) Diagnostic Cytogenetics. Springer Lab Manual. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59918-7_4
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