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Lyn S. Chitty is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on genetics and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. They have also contributed to studies in molecular biology, surgery, and infectious diseases.

The main topics of Lyn S. Chitty's work include prenatal screening and diagnostics, genomics and rare diseases, fetal and pediatric neurological disorders, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, parvovirus B19 infection studies, as well as cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Frequent publication venues where Lyn S. Chitty has contributed include:

  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Recent notable papers published by Lyn S. Chitty are:

  • Diagnostic yield of exome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis of fetal structural anomalies: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Prenatal Diagnosis
  • International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis Updated Position Statement on the use of genome-wide sequencing for prenatal diagnosis, 2022, Prenatal Diagnosis
  • COngenital heart disease and the Diagnostic yield with Exome sequencing (CODE) study: prospective cohort study and systematic review, 2020, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Position statement from the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis on the use of non-invasive prenatal testing for the detection of fetal chromosomal conditions in singleton pregnancies, 2023, Prenatal Diagnosis
  • PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING: Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy, copy-number variants and single-gene disorders, 2020, Reproduction

Lyn S. Chitty has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Melissa Hill
  • Rhiannon Mellis
  • Natalie Chandler
  • Michelle Peter
  • Celine Lewis

Best Publications

  • First and Second Trimester Antenatal Screening for Down's Syndrome: The Results of the Serum, Urine and Ultrasound Screening Study (SURUSS):

    N J Wald;C Rodeck;A K Hackshaw;J Walters

  • First and second trimester antenatal screening for Down's syndrome: the results of the Serum, Urine and Ultrasound Screening Study (SURUSS).

    N J Wald;C Rodeck;A K Hackshaw;J Walters

  • Prenatal exome sequencing analysis in fetal structural anomalies detected by ultrasonography (PAGE): a cohort study

    Jenny Lord;Dominic J McMullan;Ruth Y Eberhardt;Gabriele Rinck

  • Charts of fetal size: 1. Methodology.

    Douglas G. Altman;Lyn S. Chitty

  • Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy and beyond: challenges of responsible innovation in prenatal screening

    Wybo Dondorp;Guido de Wert;Yvonne Bombard;Diana W Bianchi

  • CHARTS OF FETAL SIZE .2. HEAD MEASUREMENTS

    Lyn S. Chitty;Douglas G. Altman;Annabel Henderson;Stuart Campbell

  • Effectiveness of Routine Ultrasonography in Detecting Fetal Structural Abnormalities in a Low-Risk Population

    Lyn S. Chitty;Gaye H. Hunt;Jennifer Moore;Michael O. Lobb

  • Charts of fetal size: 3. Abdominal measurements

    Lyn S. Chitty;Douglas G. Altman;Annabel Henderson;Sruart Campbell

  • Promises, pitfalls and practicalities of prenatal whole exome sequencing.

    Sunayna Best;Karen Wou;Neeta L. Vora;Ignatia B. Van der Veyver

  • Post-mortem MRI versus conventional autopsy in fetuses and children: a prospective validation study

    Sudhin Thayyil;Neil J Sebire;Neil J Sebire;Lyn S Chitty;Angie Wade

  • CHARTS OF FETAL SIZE .4. FEMUR LENGTH

    Lyn S. Chitty;Douglas G. Altman;Annabel Henderson;Stuart Campbell

  • Charts of Fetal Size

    Lyn Chitty;Douglas Altman

  • 100,000 Genomes Pilot on Rare-Disease Diagnosis in Health Care - Preliminary Report.

    Damian Smedley;Katherine R. Smith;Antonio Martin

  • New charts for ultrasound dating of pregnancy

    D G Altman;L S Chitty

  • Digital PCR Analysis of Maternal Plasma for Noninvasive Detection of Sickle Cell Anemia

    Angela N. Barrett;Thomas C.R. McDonnell;K.C. Allen Chan;Lyn S. Chitty;Lyn S. Chitty

  • Fetal Size and Dating: Charts Recommended for Clinical Obstetric Practice:

    Pam Loughna;Lyn Chitty;Tony Evans;Trish Chudleigh

  • Prenatal exome sequencing analysis in fetal structural anomalies detected by ultrasonography (PAGE): a cohort study

    Lord J;McMullan Dj;Eberhardt Ry;Rinck G

  • The clinical utility of microarray technologies applied to prenatal cytogenetics in the presence of a normal conventional karyotype: a review of the literature.

    Jonathan L. A. Callaway;Lisa G. Shaffer;Lyn S. Chitty;Lyn S. Chitty;Jill A. Rosenfeld

  • Non-invasive prenatal determination of fetal sex: translating research into clinical practice

    M Hill;K Finning;P Martin;J Hogg

  • Fetal size and dating: charts recommended for clinical obstetric

    Lyn Chitty;Tony Evans;Trish Chudleigh

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil J. Sebire
Neil J. Sebire Great Ormond Street Hospital
Andrew M. Taylor
Andrew M. Taylor University College London
Diana W. Bianchi
Diana W. Bianchi National Institutes of Health
Jan Deprest
Jan Deprest KU Leuven
Douglas G. Altman
Douglas G. Altman University of Oxford
Andrew J. Copp
Andrew J. Copp University College London
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge
Nicholas J. Lench
Nicholas J. Lench University College London
Brynn Levy
Brynn Levy Columbia University
Nicholas D. E. Greene
Nicholas D. E. Greene University College London

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