Scientific and ethical issues of preimplantation diagnosis

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Nagy, Anne Marie ^a   De Man, Xavier ^b   Ruibal, Nike ^a   Lints, Frédéric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Genetic diagnosis; Preimplantation diagnosis; Scientific aspects

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; PARENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031957729     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899808999379     Document Type: Review

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