Use of Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis in New York State

Abstract

Since 1975, when the National Institutes of Health announced the safety and efficacy of prenatal diagnosis,¹ there has been a marked increase in the use of this procedure. Here we review such use in New York State. To our knowledge, this is the first such estimate for a heavily populated civil jurisdiction in which use can be analyzed by geographical area. The analyses also illustrate the utility of data from a chromosome registry in determining the delivery of genetic services.MethodsThe New York State Chromosome Registry has been in existence since 1968. To our knowledge, this is the only . . .