Preimplantation genetic screening: "established" and ready for prime time?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 780-788

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b,c   Weghofer, Andrea ^a,b,d   Barad, David ^a,b,e  

^a CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

^b Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

age; aneuploidy; embryo selection; IVF; pregnancy rates; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD); preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EDITORIAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIOPSY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX PRESELECTION; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 41749107342     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.072     Document Type: Editorial

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