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SUBMITTER: Savage P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3696443 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Savage Philip P Sebire Neil N Dalton Tom T Carby Anna A Seckl Michael J MJ Fisher Rosemary A RA
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics 20130503 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>Partial molar pregnancies are rare conceptions characterized by having 69 rather than 46 chromosomes, the additional chromosome complement usually occurring as a result of fertilization of the ovum by two sperm. Although assisted conception with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) should prevent the development of a partial molar pregnancy, occasional cases have been described after assisted conception using ICSI. The objective of this study was to investigate the cause of pa ...[more]