Article
Clinical experience with preimplantation genetic diagnosis and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 1998
Liebaers I, Sermon K, Staessen C, Joris H, Lissens W, Van Assche E, Nagy P, Bonduelle M, Vandervorst M, Devroey P, Van Steirteghem A
Abstract excerpt
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a novel procedure whose use may be considered to obtain a very early prenatal diagnosis for couples at risk for transmitting genetic diseases. Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) the genotype or the sex...
Topics
- Adult
- Embryo Transfer
- Female
- Fertilization in Vitro
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Genotype
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Male
- Microinjections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Outcome
- Pregnancy Rate
- Preimplantation Diagnosis