Dilemmas encountered with preimplantation diagnosis of aneuploidy in human embryos

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-123

  Allan, John ^a   Edirisinghe, Rohini ^a   Anderson, Jasen ^b   Jemmott, Rodney ^a   Nandini, A V ^b   Gattas, Michael ^c  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy screening; Ethical issues; Mosaicism; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEUPLOIDY; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 2442512108     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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