Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Marfan Syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 402-406

  Kilpatrick, Michael W ^a   Harton, Gary L ^b   Phylactou, Leonidas A ^a   Levinson, Gene ^b   Fugger, Edward F ^b   Schulman, Joseph D ^b   Black, Susan H ^b   Tsipouras, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrillin 1; Linkage studies; Marfan syndrome; Preimplantation diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MARKER GENE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030464049     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264355     Document Type: Article

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