Imprinting disorders after assisted reproductive technologies

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-296

  Lidegaard, Øjvind ^a,b   Pinborg, Anja ^b   Andersen, Anders Nyboe ^b  

^a Marie Centre   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Epigenetics; Imprinting disorder; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Indexed keywords

BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 33744978990     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000193006.42910.ee     Document Type: Review

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