PGD gender selection for non-Mendelian disorders with unequal sex incidence
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PGD gender selection for non-Mendelian disorders with unequal sex incidence.
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was originally developed for couples whose potential offspring were at risk of severe Mendelian disorders, but has since been extended to other indications. One possible use of PGD is to perform gender selection for couples whose offspring are at increased risk of disorders that do not follow Mendelian inheritance, but which are substantially more common ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem433