Recurrent miscarriage: Genetic factors and assessment of the embryo

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-231

  Carp, Howard J A ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embryoscopy; Karyotype; Miscarriage; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; BLIGHTED OVUM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBRYOPATHY; FETOSCOPY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MISSED ABORTION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 43249099355     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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