A high degree of aneuploidy in frozen-thawed human preimplantation embryos

Human Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 376-382

  Iwarsson, Erik ^a   Lundqvist, Monalill ^b   Inzunza, José ^c   Ährlund Richter, Lars ^c   Sjöblom, Peter ^a   Lundkvist, Örjan ^b   Simberg, Niklas ^b   Nordenskjöld, Magnus ^a   Blennow, Elisabeth ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Huddinge University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromosomal abnormality; Fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH); In vitro fertilisation (IVF); Preimplantation embyro; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032994113     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050971     Document Type: Article

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