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First successful application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis and haplotyping for congenital hyperinsulinism.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Jan 2011
Qubbaj Wafa, Al-Swaid Abdulrahman, Al-Hassan Saad, Awartani Khalid, Deek Hesham, Coskun Serdar
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hyperinsulinism is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycaemia in infancy. Early surgical intervention is usually required to prevent brain damage. The prevention of the transmission to the offspring is important in families carrying the mutated gene. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is an early genetic testing procedure for couples at risk of transmitting inherited diseases. A 36-year-old...
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