Obstetric outcome of pregnancies resulting from embryos biopsied for pre-implantation diagnosis of inherited disease

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 784-788

  Soussis, Iakovos ^a   Harper, Joyce C ^a,b   Handyside, Alan H ^a   Winston, Robert M L ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS;

EID: 0029769520     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09874.x     Document Type: Article

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