Preimplantation sex selection for family balancing in India
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Preimplantation sex selection for family balancing in India.
We describe our experience with the use of embryo biopsy and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) in order to sex embryos for the purpose of family balancing in a private IVF clinic in India from April 1999-April 2001. Embryos were biopsied and analysed on day 3, cultured in sequential media, and then transferred on day 4 or day 5 after morphological selection of the best embryos. From a to...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.1.11