Extent of chromosomal mosaicism influences the clinical outcome of in vitro fertilization treatments

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 77-83

  Spinella, Francesca ^a   Fiorentino, Francesco ^a   Biricik, Anil ^a   Bono, Sara ^a   Ruberti, Alessandra ^b   Cotroneo, Ettore ^a   Baldi, Marina ^a   Cursio, Elisabetta ^b   Minasi, Maria Giulia ^b   Greco, Ermanno ^b  

^a GENOMA Molecular Genetics Laboratory   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

array comparative genomic hybridization; embryo aneuploidy; mosaic embryos; next generation sequencing; Preimplantation genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOSOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHECTODERM BIOPSY; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; NIDATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85035205570     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.09.025     Document Type: Article

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