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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830798103321

Titolo

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis / / Joyce C Harper; Joy D. A. Delhanty; Alan H. Handyside

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-280-26987-1

9786610269877

0-470-32594-1

0-470-85173-2

0-470-84661-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

616.042

618.2/075

Soggetti

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Genetic Basis of Inherited Disease; 3 Prenatal Diagnosis; 4 Genetic Counselling; 5 In Vitro Fertilization; 6 Gametogenesis and Preimplantation Embryo Development; 7 Preimplantation Genetics; 8 Clinical Aspects of Preimplantation Diagnosis; 9 Embryo Biopsy; 10 Diagnosis of Single Gene Disorders; 11 FISH and Embryo Sexing to Avoid X-linked Disease; 12 Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis of Chromosome Abnormalities: Specific Chromosomal Rearrangements and Age-related Aneuploidy

13 Ethical Perspectives and Regulation of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnostic Practice14 Future Developments in PGD; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is the detection and screening of genetic abnormality in gametes prior to fertilisation and embryos fertilised in vitro prior to implantation. This exciting new text provides an introduction and overview of the principles of PGD.An exciting fusion of prenatal diagnosis (PD) with in vitro fertilisation (IVF), this book is will appeal to both the prenatal diagnosis community, of



clinical geneticists and foetal medicine specialists within obstetrics and gynaecology, and the IVF community within reproductive medicine. It is also an essential introduction