Fluorescent PCR: A new technique for PGD of sex and single-gene defects

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 96-103

  Findlay, Ian ^a,b   Quirke, Philip ^b   Hall, June ^b   Rutherford, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cystic fibrosis; fluorescent PCR; microsatellites; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; sexing; single cell polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLASTOMERE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SOMATIC CELL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; AMELOGENIN; ARTIFACTS; BLASTOMERES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0030063255     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02072528     Document Type: Article

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