Preimplantation diagnosis in Switzerland - Birth of a healthy child after polar body biopsy

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 17-18, 2004, Pages 259-261

  Imthurn, Bruno ^a,c   Achermann, Josef ^b   Arter, Marianne Klug ^b   Macas, Ervin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Genetica AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advanced reproductive age; Healthy child; Polar body biopsy; Preimplantation diagnosis; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOMERE; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLAR BODY BIOPSY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT ABORTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 2542436742     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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