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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Jan 2008
Gigarel N, Frydman N, Burlet P, Kerbrat V, Tachdjian G, Fanchin R, Antignac C, Frydman R, Munnich A, Steffann J
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is one of the most common hereditary renal cystic diseases, and is caused by mutations in the PKHD1 gene. Due to the poor prognosis, there is a strong demand for prenatal diagnosis. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) represents an alternative because it avoids the physical and emotional trauma of a pregnancy termination in the case of an affected fetus. A...
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