Preconception and preimplantation diagnosis for cystic fibrosis.

doi:10.1002/pd.1970120205

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Preconception and preimplantation diagnosis for cystic fibrosis.

Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Feb 1992

Verlinsky Y, Rechitsky S, Evsikov S, White M, Cieslak J, Lifchez A, Valle J, Moise J, Strom C M

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Preimplantation diagnosis provides couples at high genetic risk the possibility of avoiding genetic disease without the need for prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion of the affected pregnancy. Following extensive background work on the reliability of genetic diagnosis in a single cell, we of...

Topics

Biopsy
Blastomeres
Cystic Fibrosis
Embryonic Development
Female
Fertilization
Fertilization in Vitro
Humans
Mutation
Oocytes
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis

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