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Preimplantation testing for phenylketonuria.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Aug 2001
Verlinsky Y, Rechitsky S, Verlinsky O, Strom C, Kuliev A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To use preimplantation genetic diagnosis to achieve a phenylketonuria-free pregnancy in a couple at 50% risk for producing an affected child. DESIGN: DNA analysis of the first and second polar bodies (PB1 and PB2) obtained from oocytes of a heterozygous mother in IVF-ET, with the goal of identifying and transferring back to the patient the embryos resulting from mutation-free oocytes. SETTING: IVF...
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