流產物組織的染色體分析，用以得知造成流產的原因，讓夫妻能夠接受適當的生殖諮詢。
此技術無法偵測平衡的結構性染色體異常，也可能無法偵測：低鑲嵌整倍體、三倍體/四倍體染色體、單親二體症、低於 10 Mb 的缺失或複製 (duplications)。
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