Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for couples at high risk of Down syndrome pregnancy owing to parental translocation or mosaicism

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Conn, Clare M ^a   Cozzi, Jean ^a,c   Harper, Joyce C ^a   Winston, Robert M L ^b   Delhanty, Joy D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Master en sciences sociales de la santé   (France)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Gonadal mosaicism; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Reciprocal translocation

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEIOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOSAICISM; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RISK; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032908816     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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