Report on a consecutive series of 581 children born after blastomere biopsy for preimplantation genetic diagnosis

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BACKGROUND: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and subsequently preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) have been introduced since 1990. The difference from the already existing in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology, using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), was the embryo biopsy at day 3 after fertilization. Although healthy children post-PGD/PGS have been born, the question of whether embryo biopsy...

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