Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1544-1556 , November 2009

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis of single-gene disorders: experience with more than 200 cycles conducted by a reference laboratory in the United States

  • Cristina Gutiérrez-Mateo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Cristina Gutiérrez-Mateo, Ph.D., 3 Regent St., Suite 301, Livingston, NJ 07039 (FAX: 973-992-1412).
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  • Jorge F. Sánchez-García, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey
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  • Jill Fischer, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey
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  • Sophia Tormasi, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey
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  • Jacques Cohen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey
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  • Santiago Munné, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey
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  • Dagan Wells, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey
    • Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Received 24 June 2008 ,Revised 15 August 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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 C.G.-M. has nothing to disclose. J.S.-G. has nothing to disclose. J.F. has nothing to disclose. S.T. has nothing to disclose. J.C. has a financial interest in Reprogenetics, a provider of preimplantation genetic diagnosis. S.M. has a financial interest in Reprogenetics, a provider of preimplantation genetic diagnosis. D.W. has a financial interest in Reprogenetics, a provider of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

 The first two authors contributed equally to this work.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03821-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.111

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1544-1556 , November 2009

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