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SUBMITTER: De Rademaeker M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2986672 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Rademaeker Marjan M Verpoest Willem W De Rycke Martine M Seneca Sara S Sermon Karen K Desmyttere Sonja S Bonduelle Maryse M Van der Elst Josianne J Devroey Paul P Liebaers Inge I
European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20090415 11
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is an alternative to prenatal diagnosis for patients at risk of transmitting an inherited disease such as myotonic dystrophy type 1(DM1) to their offspring. In this paper, the clinical application of preimplantation diagnosis for DM1 upon request to children born is described in a large cohort of risk couples. PGD could be offered to all 78 couples opting for PGD regardless of the triplet repeat size. The incidence of major complications was minimalised fo ...[more]