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Abstract
Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency is a fatal autosomal recessive metabolic disorder, presenting during infancy. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) provides an option for establishing an unaffected pregnancy, avoiding the risk for termination of pregnancy following prenatal diagnosis. The method for pre-selection of mutation-free oocytes for LCHAD deficiency was developed by testing the first and second polar body removed from oocytes by micromanipulation techniques in the framework of in-vitro fertilization. To avoid misdiagnosis, testing was done using hemi-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), with outer primers designed to lie outside the pseudogene, eliminating false priming. Four of 12 tested oocytes were predicted to be unaffected, based on the heterozygous first and mutant second polar body. The embryos resulting from these mutation-free oocytes were replaced, yielding a singleton clinical pregnancy and birth of a healthy child following confirmation by prenatal diagnosis.
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Biography
Dr. Yury Verlinsky is a graduate, postgraduate and PhD of Kharkov University of the former USSR. His research interests include cytogenetics, embryology and prenatal and preimplantation genetics. He introduced polar body testing for preimplantation genetic diagnosis and developed the methods for karyotyping second polar body and individual blastomeres. He has published over 100 papers, as well as three books on preimplantation genetics.
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© 2001 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd, Duck End Farm, Dry Drayton, Cambridge CB23 8DB, UK. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
