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Accuracy of preimplantation diagnosis of single-gene disorders by polar body analysis of oocytes.
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics - 1 Apr 1999
Rechitsky S, Strom C, Verlinsky O, Amet T, Ivakhnenko V, Kukharenko V, Kuliev A, Verlinsky Y
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: A number of pitfalls in single-cell DNA analysis, including undetected DNA contamination, undetected allele drop out, and preferential amplification, may lead to misdiagnosis in preimplantation genetic diagnosis of single-gene disorders. METHODS: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis was performed by sequential first and second polar body analysis of oocytes in 26 couples at risk for having children with...
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