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SUBMITTER: Cimadomo D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4749789 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cimadomo Danilo D Capalbo Antonio A Ubaldi Filippo Maria FM Scarica Catello C Palagiano Antonio A Canipari Rita R Rienzi Laura L
BioMed research international 20160128
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening (PGD/PGS) for monogenic diseases and/or numerical/structural chromosomal abnormalities is a tool for embryo testing aimed at identifying nonaffected and/or euploid embryos in a cohort produced during an IVF cycle. A critical aspect of this technology is the potential detrimental effect that the biopsy itself can have upon the embryo. Different embryo biopsy strategies have been proposed. Cleavage stage blastomere biopsy still represents the most co ...[more]