Reply of the Committee: Parental translocations and need for preimplantation genetic diagnosis? Distorting effects of ascertainment bias and the need for information-rich families

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 892-893

  Fritz, Marc A ^a   Schattman, Glenn ^b  

^a ASRM Practice Committee ^*

^b SART Practice Committee

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Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 51649086836     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.06.027     Document Type: Letter

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