Assessing congenital anomalies after preimplantation genetic diagnosis |
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Authors: | Joe Leigh Simpson Inge Liebaers |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin, Ste. 701, 77030 Houston, Texas;(2) Centre for Medical Genetics, Medicine Campus, Dutch-speaking Free University (Vrjie Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Background: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is an exciting advance in prenatal diagnosis. However, the safety of embryo biopsy must be determined with respect to both pregnancy rate and cogenital anomalies.Analysis: Too few pregnancies have been reported to allow meaningful inferences to be drawn, for which reason data on pregnancy losses and anomalies after conventional IVF were first reviewed. Loss rates are approximately 25%, and anomaly rates are not increased over that observed in the general population. Unfortunately, considerable methodological problems exist in published surveys: lack of proper controls, failure to take into account potential confounding variables, anomaly surveillance that is inconsistent with respect to the vigor with which anomalies are sought, inclusion or exclusion of minor anomalies, inclusion or exclusion of anomalies evident only on ultrasound, and even inclusion or exclusion of anomalies present in terminated pregnancies. We recommend prospective surveillance for major anomalies, defined as those causing death, major handicap or requiring surgery. Prospective surveillance ideally dictates collection of intake information at the time pregnancy is diagnosed, surveillance during pregnancy to exclude teratogenic influences, and systematic neonatal anomaly surveillance.Presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Working Group on Preimplantation Genetics, Hamburg, Germany, June 28, 1995. |
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Keywords: | congenital anomalies preimplantation genetic diagnosis |
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