Obtaining metaphase spreads from single blastomeres for PGD of chromosomal rearrangements

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 498-503

  Shkumatov, Artem ^a   Kuznyetsov, Valeriy ^a   Cieslak, Jeanine ^a   Ilkevitch, Yuri ^a   Verlinsky, Yury ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastomeres; Caffeine; Chromosomal analysis; Chromosomal rearrangements; Metaphase spreads; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALYCULIN A; DEMECOLCINE; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLASTOMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MORPHOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 34247095471     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60899-1     Document Type: Article

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