Use of comprehensive chromosomal screening for embryo assessment: Microarrays and CGH

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 703-710

  Wells, Dagan ^a,b   Alfarawati, Samer ^a   Fragouli, Elpida ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Reprogenetics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Comparative genomic hybridization; In vitro fertilization; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Preimplantation genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMETE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NIDATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 58249096083     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan062     Document Type: Review

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