The interface between medically assisted reproduction and genetics: Technical, social, ethical and legal issues

ESHRE Monographs

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 2-51

  Soini, Sirpa ^a,b   Ibarreta, Dolores ^c   Anastasiadou, Violetta ^d   Aymé, Ségolène ^e   Braga, Suzanne ^f   Cornel, Martina ^g   Coviello, Domenico A ^h   Evers Kiebooms, Gerry ⁱ   Geraedts, Joep ^j   Gianaroli, Luca ^k   Harper, Joyce ^l   Kosztolanyi, György ^m   Lundin, Kersti ⁿ   Rodrigues Cerezo, Emilio ^c   Sermon, Karen ^o   Sequeiros, Jorge ^p   Tranebjaerg, Lisbeth ^q   Kääriäinen, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f SGMG/SSGM   (Switzerland)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k SISMER   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

ⁿ SU Sahlgrenska   (Sweden)

^o VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Birth defects; Counselling; Genetic diseases; Infertility; PGD

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; STERYL SULFATASE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANEUPLOIDY; BIRTH DEFECT; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL GENETICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33749071016     PISSN: 1477741X     EISSN: 14778378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del390     Document Type: Review

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