Pregnancies resulting from embryos biopsied for preimplantation diagnosis of genetic disease: Biochemical and ultrasonic studies in the first trimester of pregnancy

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 254-258

  Soussis, Iakovos ^a   Harper, Joyce C ^a,b   Kontogianni, Elena ^a   Paraschos, Thanos ^a   Packham, Dina ^a   Handyside, Alan H ^a   Winston, Robert M L ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biochemical measurements; embryo biopsy; human chorionic gonadotropin; in vitro fertilization; pregnancies; preimplantation diagnosis; progesterone; ultrasound measurements

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029933503     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02065946     Document Type: Article

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