Paternity balancing

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 135-139

  Evans, Mark I ^a,e   Andriole, Stephanie ^a   Pergament, Eugene ^b   Speer, Jamie ^c   Curtis, Jenifer ^a   Britt, David W ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Northwestern Reproductive Genetics   (United States)

^c CT Fertility Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e Comprehensive Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Fetal karyotype; Fetal reduction; First trimester pregnancy; Genetics; In vitro fertilization; Multifetal pregnancy; Multiple gestation; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISOMY; FAMILY PLANNING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATERNITY; PATERNITY BALANCING; PATERNITY TEST; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; TWINS;

ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, TRIPLET;

DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

EID: 84884987821     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351857     Document Type: Article

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