PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING FOR HUNTINGTON DISEASE AND CERTAIN OTHER DOMINANTLY INHERITED DISORDERS

Authors
SCHULMAN JD BLACK SH HANDYSIDE A NANCE WE
Citation
Jd. Schulman et al., PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC TESTING FOR HUNTINGTON DISEASE AND CERTAIN OTHER DOMINANTLY INHERITED DISORDERS, Clinical genetics, 49(2), 1996, pp. 57-58
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Clinical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00099163
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
57 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9163(1996)49:2<57:PGTFHD>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) on embryos from couples at risk for Huntington disease can achieve disease prevention in offspring wit hout disclosure of parental genotype. This strategy may also be applic able to other extremely deleterious dominant traits.