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Preimplantation diagnosis

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Preimplantation genetic testing [2009]

Europe

• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
  • ESHRE PGD consortium best practice guidelines for organization of a PGD centre for PGD/preimplantation genetic screening [2011]
  • ESHRE PGD consortium best practice guidelines for fluorescence in situ hybridization-based PGD [2011]
  • ESHRE PGD Consortium/Embryology Special Interest Group—best practice guidelines for polar body and embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic diagnosis/screening (PGD/PGS) [2011]

Germany

• Nationaler Ethikrat
  • Polar body diagnosis [2004]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Preimplantation genetic screening for abnormal number of chromosomes (aneuploidies) in in vitro fertilisation or intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Netherlands

• Health Council of the Netherlands
  • Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis [2006]

New Zealand

• Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
  • Guidelines on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis [2005]

Singapore

• Bioethics Advisory Committee
  • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis [2003]

United Kingdom

• Department of Health UK
  • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) – Guiding principles for commissioners of NHS services [2002]

United States of America

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Preimplantation genetic testing. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2009]

Articles in journals

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis [2010]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Genetic diagnosis of embryos: Clear explanation, not rhetoric, is needed [2009]

• Fertility and Sterility
  • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) on In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Websites: Presentations of Risks, Benefits and Other Information [2008]

• Human Reproduction
  • What next for preimplantation genetic screening? A polar body approach! [2010]
  • Extending preimplantation genetic diagnosis: the ethical debate: Ethical issues in new uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis [2003]
  • Ethical issues in new uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis: Should parents be allowed to use preimplantation genetic diagnosis to choose the sexual orientation of their children? [2003]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • Current value of preimplantation genetic aneuploidy screening in IVF [2007]
  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and chromosome analysis of blastomeres using comparative genomic hybridization [2005]

• Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
  • IVF/ICSI with or without preimplantation genetic screening for aneuploidy in couples without genetic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2009]

• Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
  • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis--An Overview [2005]

• Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
  • Preimplantation diagnosis of genetic diseases [2010]

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• Guidelines
  • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
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  • Assisted reproductive techniques