Open AccessReview of 10 years of preimplantation genetic diagnosis in South Africa: implications for a low-to-middle-income country
Author(s) -
Bianca Carzis,
Tasha Wainstein,
Lawrence Gobetz,
Amanda Krause
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1573-7330
pISSN - 1058-0468
DOI - 10.1007/s10815-019-01537-3
Subject(s) - preimplantation genetic diagnosis , reproductive medicine , embryo transfer , fertility , gynecology , in vitro fertilisation , pregnancy , medicine , obstetrics , human genetics , demography , biology , environmental health , genetics , population , sociology , gene
To evaluate the preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) service, for the period of January 2006 to December 2016, through a South African academic and diagnostic Human Genetics Unit, and to assess the outcomes and cost of PGD.