Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Name: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Uploaded: 2013-10-14T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Anuja Dokras, MD, discusses preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) at Penn Medicine. PGD is used by physicians at Penn Fertility Care to determine whether embryos produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) carry the genes for a specific genetic diseases (such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, etc).

Anuja Dokras, MD, discusses preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) at Penn Medicine. PGD is used by physicians at Penn Fertility Care to determine whether embryos produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) carry the genes for a specific genetic diseases (such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, etc).

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