Application of in-situ hybridization techniques to study human preimplantation embryos: A review

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-152

  Coonen, Edith ^a,b   Hopman, Anton H N ^a   Geraedts, Joep P M ^a   Ramaekers, Frans C S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormalities; Genomic constitution; Human embryos; In hybridization; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPSY; BLASTOMERE; CELL SPREADING; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031798879     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.2.135     Document Type: Article

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