Non-disclosing preimplantation genetic diagnosis for Huntington disease

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 503-507

  Stern, Harvey J ^a,b   Harton, Gary L ^a   Sisson, Michael E ^a   Jones, Shirley L ^a   Fallon, Lee A ^a   Thorsell, Lilli P ^a   Getlinger, Michael E ^a   Black, Susan H ^a,b   Schulman, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Huntington disease; Non disclosing prenatal diagnosis; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BIOPSY; DNA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TWINS;

EID: 0036289444     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.359     Document Type: Article

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