Article
Efficiency and accuracy of polymerase-chain-reaction assay for cystic fibrosis allele delta F508 in single cell.
Lancet (London, England) - 16 May 1992
Liu J, Lissens W, Devroey P, Van Steirteghem A, Liebaers I
Abstract excerpt
Diagnosis of genetic disorders in the embryo before implantation, though possible by removal of one or two blastomeres at the eight-cell stage, is still experimental because the procedures of gene analysis of DNA from a single cell are not yet reliable enough for clinical application. We have eva...
Topics
- Alleles
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Embryonic Development
- Female
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Spermatozoa
