Improving FISH diagnosis for preimplantation genetic aneuploidy screening
Author(s) -
Pere Mir,
Lorena Rodrigo,
Emilia Mateu,
Vanessa Peinado,
Miguel Milán,
Amparo Mercader,
Pilar Buendía,
A. Delgado,
António Pellicer,
J. Remohı́,
Carmen Rubio
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deq122
Subject(s) - aneuploidy , fluorescence in situ hybridization , fish <actinopterygii> , preimplantation genetic diagnosis , biology , comparative genomic hybridization , in situ hybridization , genetics , cytogenetics , chromosome , embryo , gene , fishery , gene expression
In our routine programme of preimplantation genetic aneuploidy screening (PGS) by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), nine chromosomes (13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, X and Y) are analysed in two consecutive hybridization rounds. We also perform additional hybridization rounds for these chromosomes, using probes that bind to different loci, for non-conclusive results and for confirmation of certain aneuploidies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of additional hybridization rounds on FISH accuracy.
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