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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis in clinical practice
  1. E Kanavakis,
  2. J Traeger-Synodinos
  1. Medical Genetics, University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens 11527, Greece
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor E Kanavakis, Medical Genetics, University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens 11527, Greece;
 ekanavak{at}cc.uoa.gr

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

https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.39.1.6

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