Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9421, 2004, Pages 1633-1641

  Sermon, Karen ^a,c   Van Steirteghem, André ^b   Liebaers, Inge ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOMERE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CROUZON SYNDROME; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; DNA MICROARRAY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSAUTONOMIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOPHILIA; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MARFAN SYNDROME; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

EID: 2442505031     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16209-0     Document Type: Review

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