Abstract：
:In the fertility clinic setting, a negative DNA paternity test result usually suggests a sample mix-up likely occurred at the testing company or in the clinic. However, we report a case where, despite repeat negative paternity test results, the alleged father (referred to as "the proband") was confirmed to be the baby's father. The proband, a 34 year-old male, contacted our research group when routine blood testing revealed discrepant blood types between the parents and the baby, repeat paternity tests were negative (excluding the proband as the baby's father), and the fertility clinic found no evidence of any wrongdoing. Microarray technology was utilized to confirm biological relatedness, which revealed an avuncular (uncle/nephew) relationship. Additional tissue samples were analyzed and family studies were conducted at paternity and forensic laboratories using STR-based DNA tests to elucidate the proband's condition of congenital tetragametic chimerism. His paternity was subsequently affirmed and the fertility clinic exonerated of claims of a semen sample mix-up. This case underscores the possibility that some allegations of fertility clinic missteps may be explained by undiagnosed chimerism, a condition where an individual harbors two distinct genomes. We offer specific suggestions for improving laboratory reporting and creating clinical guidelines to aid in identifying and rectifying future cases of false exclusions of paternity due to chimerism.
journal_name
J Assist Reprod Genetjournal_title
Journal of assisted reproduction and geneticsauthors
Sheets KM,Baird ML,Heinig J,Davis D,Sabatini M,Starr DBdoi
10.1007/s10815-017-1064-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-02-01 00:00:00pages
345-352issue
2eissn
1058-0468issn
1573-7330pii
10.1007/s10815-017-1064-6journal_volume
35pub_type
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
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doi：10.1023/a:1009449926015
更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
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doi：10.1023/a:1023008921386
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1023/a:1026240827476
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1023/a:1009402214820
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
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更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-012-9802-2
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-018-1251-0
更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-008-9271-9
更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-017-1078-0
更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-018-1271-9
更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-012-9917-5
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-013-0105-z
更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF02766134
更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-017-0965-8
更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1023/a:1014054421789
更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
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更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1023/b:jarg.0000025936.73125.b4
更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-020-01866-8
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF01203955
更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:to report a case of monozygotic monochorial diamniotic twins with discordant karyotypes. METHODS AND RESULTS:the pregnancy was achieved following a treatment cycle with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) for chromosomes X, Y, 13, 16, 18, 21, 22. One embryo euplo...
journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s10815-010-9462-z
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the frequency of abnormal prolactin and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test results in ovulatory women with tubal factor infertility who were screened for in vitro fertilization (IVF). METHODS:Charts were identified from 112 ovulatory women with follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) < 20 mIU/ml who...
journal_title：Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF02211376
更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00
