Article
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: state of the art 2011.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2012
Harper Joyce C, Sengupta Sioban B
Abstract excerpt
For the last 20 years, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has been mostly performed on cleavage stage embryos after the biopsy of 1-2 cells and PCR and FISH have been used for the diagnosis. The main indications have been single gene disorders and inherited chromosome abnormalities. Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) for aneuploidy is a technique that has used PGD technology to examine chromosomes in...
Topics
- Biopsy
- Blastocyst
- Chromosomes
- Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Female
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
- Polar Bodies
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Pregnancy
- Preimplantation Diagnosis
