Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.book
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Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.book
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is the examination in vitro of an embryo (or an egg cell prior to fertilisation) in order to exclude a genetic condition in case a very high risk of that condition is known. PGD can only be used in combination with in vitro fertilisation (IVF). If a genetic abnormality in the form of a monogenetic disease such as Huntington’s disease or cystic fibrosis o...
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