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Multiple mutation analysis of the cystic fibrosis gene in single cells.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Jun 2005
Sánchez-García Jorge Fernando, Benet Jordi, Gutiérrez-Mateo Cristina, Luís Séculi José, Monrós Eugènia, Navarro Joaquima
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PGD is becoming an alternative to prenatal diagnosis. The combination of IVF techniques with the PCR technology allows for the detection of genetic abnormalities in first polar bodies from oocytes and blastomeres from cleavage-stage embryos. Dealing with a genetic disease with a heterogeneous spectrum of mutations like cystic fibrosis, one of the objectives of centres offering PGD is the application of simple and...
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