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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis in clinical practice

Abstract

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) represents an alternative to prenatal diagnosis and allows selection of unaffected IVF embryos for establishing pregnancies in couples at risk for transmitting a genetic disorder.

  • preimplantation genetic diagnosis
  • prenatal diagnosis
  • assisted reproduction
  • genetic services
  • PGD, preimplantation genetic diagnosis
  • PND, prenatal diagnosis
  • PB, polar bodies
  • ADO, allelic drop out
  • PGS, preimplantation genetic screening
  • CGH, comparative genomic hybridisation

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