Perspectives on the efficacy and indications for preimplantation genetic screening: Where are we now?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2617-2621

  Fritz, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Preimplantation genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; EDITORIAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 56749154735     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den400     Document Type: Editorial

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