PGDlab : For Physicians : What is PGD : Q & A

In vitro fertilization (IVF) frequently enables couples with infertility to achieve successful pregnancies. Some couples, even after numerous IVF attempts, are unable to become pregnant. Some cases of IVF failure are due to the transfer of embryos with chromosome abnormalities. PGD for aneuploidy minimizes the likelihood of a chromosome abnormality in a future pregnancy and increases the chance of achieving an ongoing successful pregnancy.

I want to learn more about PGD for aneuploidy screening.

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• Is your patient a woman over 35?
• Has your patient experienced several miscarriages?
• Has your patient had a prior pregnancy with a chromosome abnormality?
• Has your patient experienced several failed IVF cycles?
• Has conceiving a pregnancy been difficult for your patient due to a low sperm count?
• Does your patient or patient's partner carry a balanced structural chromosome rearrangement?
• Does your patient have a family history of Huntington disease?
• Does your patient or patient's partner carry a recessive genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis?
• Does your patient or patient's partner carry an X-linked genetic disease such as hemophilia or Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
• Does your patient want to balance the gender in your family?

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