Genetic diseases and aneuploidies can be detected with a single blastocyst biopsy: A successful clinical approach

Human Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1770-1777

  Minasi, Maria Giulia ^a   Fiorentino, Francesco ^b   Ruberti, Alessandra ^a   Biricik, Anil ^b   Cursio, Elisabetta ^a   Cotroneo, Ettore ^b   Varricchio, Maria Teresa ^a   Surdo, Matteo ^b   Spinella, Francesca ^b   Greco, Ermanno ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GENOMA Molecular Genetics Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; blastocyst biopsy; chromosomal rearrangement; genetic disease; PGS PGD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CASE STUDY; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MOSAICISM; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; PROCEDURES; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85028335223     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dex215     Document Type: Article

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