Preconception and preimplantation diagnosis of human genetic disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Edwards, R. G. (Robert Geoffrey), 1925-2013
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Subjects:	DNA > genetics. Genetic Diseases, Inborn > diagnosis. Genetic Diseases, Inborn > prevention & control. Preconception Care. Preimplantation Phase. Prenatal Diagnosis > methods.

Table of Contents:

History of and opportunities for preimplantation diagnosis / R.G. Edwards, J.D. Schulman
Metabolism of human preimplantation embryos / J. Tesarik
Scope of preimplantation diagnosis / R. Penketh
Development of prenatal diagnosis
Genetics of some common inherited diseases / J.D. Schulman, S.H. Black
Brief history of prenatal diagnosis / Y. Verlinsky, N. Ginsberg
Current status of chorionic villus sampling / E. Pergament, B. Fine
Methods of DNA diagnosis
Analysis of genetic variation in the single cell / D.R. Bentley ... [et al.].
Direct diagnosis of genetic defects / D.R. Bentley
Preconception and preimplantation diagnosis
Can spermatozoa be typed / B.I. Gledhill, R.G. Edwards
Preconception diagnosis of polar bodies / Y. Verlinsky, C.M. Strom
Cleavage stage biopsy of human embryos and diagnosis of X chromosome-linked recessive disease / A.H. Handyside, J.D.A. Delhanty
Micromanipulation of blastocysts for the diagnosis of genetic disease / G.M. Hartshorne, R.L. Gardner, R.G. Edwards
Potential for preimplantation diagnosis by non-invasive or semiinvasive methods / H.J. Leese, R.G. Edwards.
Ethics and law
Ethics and law of the diagnosis of human genetic disease / D. Brahams.