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SUBMITTER: Cho JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4038694 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Jae-Hyun JH Kim Chung-Hoon CH Lee Kyung-Hee KH Jeon Il-Kyung IK Kim Jae-Min JM Kang Byung-Moon BM
Obstetrics & gynecology science 20140515 3
Type 1 citrullinemia (CTLN1) is an autosomal recessive inherited metabolic disorder caused by anargininosuccinicnate synthetase deficiency. The patient was a 38-year-old Korean woman who is a carrier for CTLN1 and her first baby was diagnosed with CTLN1. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for CTLN1 in day 3 embryos using polymerase chain reaction was performed for live birth of healthy baby who is no affected with CTLN1. One unaffected blastocyst was transferred. This resulted in a clinical ...[more]