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Preimplantation Diagnosis: Basic Science and Clinical Practice
Author(s) -
DELHANTY Joy D. A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
congenital anomalies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-4520
pISSN - 0914-3505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4520.1998.tb00815.x
Subject(s) - preimplantation genetic diagnosis , clinical practice , medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , family medicine , biology , genetics , pregnancy
Abstract Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first carried out in the UK, at the Hammersmith Hospital, in 1989. Since then almost 100 babies have been born worldwide following PGD with no reported increase in congenital anomalies. This overview will consider the types of patients coming forward for the procedure, approaches to single cell diagnosis and the technical difficulties that have become apparent.