Impact of blastocyst biopsy and comprehensive chromosome screening technology on preimplantation genetic screening: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 281-289

  Dahdouh, Elias M ^a,b,c   Balayla, Jacques ^c   García Velasco, Juan Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Procrea Cliniques   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

array comparative genomic hybridization; comprehensive chromosome screening; embryo selection; preimplantation genetic screening; quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SCREENING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOLOGY; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ANEUPLOIDY; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84924026673     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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