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The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics - Extra Materials - Springer

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580 Index<br />

MTX, 76<br />

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue<br />

(MALT) lymphoma, t369, 394,<br />

397–398<br />

Mullerian agenesis, f248<br />

Multicolor banding (m-band), 481, f484<br />

Multicolor FISH (M-FISH), 125, 462,<br />

480, f483<br />

Multifactorial inheritance, 545<br />

Multilineage dysplasia, 383<br />

Multiple gestation, 288<br />

Multiple myeloma (see Plasma cell<br />

myeloma)<br />

Multiplex FISH, 125<br />

Multiplication sign, 33, 53<br />

Multiradial formation, 351, 352f, 354,<br />

355f<br />

Mutations (and pregnancy loss), 337–338<br />

MYC, 385, 394, 400, 408, 471, 475<br />

MYCN, 406, 435, 476, 521<br />

Mycoplasma, 65<br />

Mycosis fungoides (MF), t369, 404<br />

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS),<br />

t368, 376-379, t377, t379<br />

Myeloid disorder, 145<br />

MYH11, 381, t391, 467–468<br />

Myotonic dystrophy, t255<br />

N<br />

NAACLS, 93<br />

Nasal bone, hypoplasia or absence<br />

and 45,X, 296<br />

and chromosome abnormalities, 295,<br />

t303<br />

and ethnicity, 295<br />

and free human chorionic gonadotropin,<br />

295<br />

and nuchal thickness, 295, 297<br />

and pregnancy-associated plasma<br />

protein-A, 295<br />

and trisomy 13, 296<br />

and trisomy 18, 296<br />

and trisomy 21, 295, t303<br />

image <strong>of</strong>, f296<br />

in chromosomally normal fetuses, 297<br />

National Accrediting Agency for <strong>Clinical</strong><br />

Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS),<br />

93<br />

National Society <strong>of</strong> Genetic Counselors<br />

(NSGC), 541, 542<br />

Near haploidy, 392<br />

Neocentromere, 186<br />

Neoplasia, 51<br />

choriocarcinoma, 335<br />

gonadoblastoma, 331<br />

NER-deficiency syndrome, 359<br />

Neural tube defects (NTD), 339, 553<br />

and carbamazepine, 305<br />

and chromosome abnormalities, 305<br />

and folic acid, 305<br />

and intracytoplasmic sperm injection<br />

(ICSI), 262<br />

and maternal diabetes, 307<br />

and valproic acid, 305<br />

previous, and indication for prenatal<br />

diagnosis, 305<br />

Neuroblastoma, 434–435, f436, 476,<br />

521<br />

MYCN, 476<br />

Neur<strong>of</strong>ibromatosis, 167, 307, 376<br />

Neutropenia, 385<br />

Newborns, cytogenetic abnormalities in,<br />

269, t271, 326<br />

Nibrin/NBS1/p95. 354<br />

Nijmegen breakage syndrome, 354<br />

Nitrogenous bases, 9<br />

NLPHL, t369, 406–407<br />

Nodular lymphocyte predominant<br />

Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL),<br />

t369, 406-407<br />

Nomenclature, 27<br />

Nondirectiveness, 542<br />

Nondisjunction<br />

aberrant recombination, 136, 137, 138<br />

“entanglement” effect, 138<br />

genetic predisposition, 139<br />

“limited oöcyte pool” model, 136<br />

maternal age, 134, 328, 330, 332<br />

meiosis I, 134, f136

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