Practical Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

• Main Author: Kuliev, Anver (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Laboratory medicine.; Gynecology.; Obstetrics.; Reproductive medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Reproductive Medicine.; Human Genetics.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Laboratory Medicine.

Although treatment remains the major goal in the control of genetic disease, this is not yet a reality for most inherited conditions. In the absence of radical treatment, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) offers the answer to the control of these inherited conditions by predicting reproductive...