The Latest Thorn by Any Other Name: Germ-Line Nuclear Transfer in the Name of "Mitochondrial Replacement"

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 829-831

  Nisker, Jeff ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Misnomers in medicine; Mitochondrial replacement therapy; Reproductive genetics

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC COUNSELING; GERM LINE NUCLEAR TRANSFER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; GERM CELL; NOMENCLATURE;

GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84956956235     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30156-0     Document Type: Note

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