Chromosome breakage in human preimplantation embryos from carriers of structural chromosomal abnormalities in relation to fragile sites, maternal age, and poor sperm factors

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Xanthopoulou, L ^a   Ghevaria, H ^a   Mantzouratou, A ^a,b   Serhal, P ^b   Doshi, A ^b   Delhanty, J D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chromosome breakage; DNA repair; Fragile sites; PGD; Structural chromosomal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SPERM;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEX FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84856452733     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334836     Document Type: Article

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