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Blastocyst preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of a mitochondrial DNA disorder.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Nov 2012
Treff Nathan R, Campos Jessyca, Tao Xin, Levy Brynn, Ferry Kathleen M, Scott Richard T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the utility of trophectoderm biopsy for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of mitochondrial (mt) DNA mutation load. DESIGN: A PGD case and analysis of blastocyst mosaicism. SETTING: Academic center for reproductive medicine. PATIENT(S): A 30-year-old carrier of 35% 3243A>G mtDNA mutation load with a daughter affected by mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like...
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