Article
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis with HLA matching.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Aug 2004
Rechitsky Svetlana, Kuliev Anver, Tur-Kaspa Illan, Morris Randy, Verlinsky Yury
Abstract excerpt
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has recently been offered in combination with HLA typing, which allowed a successful haematopoietic reconstitution in affected siblings with Fanconi anaemia by transplantation of stem cells obtained from the HLA-matched offspring resulting from PGD. This study presents the results of the first PGD practical experience performed in a group of couples at risk for producing...
Topics
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Chromosomes, Human, X
- Exons
- Fanconi Anemia
- Female
- Fertilization in Vitro
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Genetic Testing
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
