Polar body biopsy for Curschmann-Steinert disease and successful pregnancy following embryo vitrification

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 815-820

  Macas, Ervin ^a   Mátyás, Gábor ^b   Reuge, Philippe ^b   Berger, Wolfgang ^b   Imthurn, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Myotonic dystrophy type Curschmann Steinert; Polar body biopsy; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY PROTEIN KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 68249124560     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60031-4     Document Type: Article

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