When is old too old for preimplantation genetic diagnosis for reciprocal translocations?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1002-1006

  Xanthopoulou, L ^a   Mantzouratou, A ^a,b   Mania, A ^a,c   Ghevaria, H ^a   Ghebo, C ^b   Serhal, P ^b   Delhanty, J D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FISH; Maternal age; PGD outcome; Pregnancy rate; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SPERM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 80053317824     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2813     Document Type: Article

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