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[Prerequisites for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD in carriers of mutations responsible for hereditary cancers].
Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 1 Jan 2009
Hüttelová R, Kleibl Z, Rezátová J, Krutílková V, Foretová L, Novotný J, Kotlas J, Zikán M, Pohlreich P
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BACKGROUNDS: Carriers of hereditary mutations in cancer susceptibility genes represent a limited but high-risk population characterized by a high probability of cancer development, frequently with its manifestation in early age and with a 50% chance of pathogenic allele inheritance by offspring. In case of monogenic disorders, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) could be used for characterization of the DNA...
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