This atlas presents the results of cases of structural chromosome aberrations based on the
currently available methods of analysis for different types of abnormality. It particularly
focuses on which spectrum should be chosen when combining the different techniques to achieve
the best method of diagnosis in individual cases for example direct preparation of cells and
mitoses short or long-time cell culture fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis
of interphases microarray or DNA sequencing. Generally it has to be taken into account that
the development of new and improved investigation methods is forthcoming. Thus by improvement
of diagnostic possibilities new fields of investigation arise and special groups of patients
with cytogenetic analyses can be re-analysed under new research questions.
