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Prevention of Leber congenital amaurosis through preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - 1 Jun 2018
Kodsi Sylvia R, Bristow Sara L, Fox Joyce E, Hershlag Avner
Abstract excerpt
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis can allow a family with a hereditary genetic mutation to conceive a disease-free child. We report the first published case of a child born without Leber congenital amaurosis through preimplantation genetic testing to a couple who had a son with a homozygous mutation in the GUCY2D gene.
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