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Prepregnancy testing for single-gene disorders by polar body analysis.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 1999
Verlinsky Y, Rechitsky S, Verlinsky O, Ivachnenko V, Lifchez A, Kaplan B, Moise J, Valle J, Borkowski A, Nefedova J, Goltsman E, Strom C, Kuliev A
Abstract excerpt
Preventive measures for single-gene disorders are currently based on carrier screening in pregnancy and prenatal diagnosis. Although this has been extremely effective for preventing new cases of common inherited conditions, the major limitation is still termination of 25% of wanted pregnancies following detection of affected fetuses. To overcome this important problem, we developed a method for prepregnancy...
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