microarray test?

[blakesmummy09]

hi everyone blake went for his first appointment the other day and they are looking at adhd and asd, they want him to have a microarray blood test and was wondering if anyone could share some light on it as i cant find much online x

 

[AP]

I actually dont know a lot either, but my asd daughter had one and it came back as nothing could be found. However i was told that with medical advances in the future it may be that one day something is found via bloods. So they arent conclusive as such.

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Microarray tests the chromosomes looking for abnormalities...deletions, duplications, translocations. Many medical issues and developmental delays are chromosome related, so they're just trying to rule out a medical reason for your child's delays. My daughter has a translocation but her geneticists don't believe it's related to her medical issues.