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Replied on 1/24/2011

By: The Center for Reproductive Health & Gynecology   |  Beverly Hills Office
Beverly Hills, CA

No correlation
Unfortunately many embryos graded as great quality once biopsies show abnormalities. In general the better the embryo quality, the lower the chance of abnormality. As stated previously we find the correlation to be poor.

Replied on 1/24/2011

By: Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut  |  Dr. Mark P. Leondires
Dr. Spencer S. Richlin
Dr. Joshua M Hurwitz
Dr. Cynthia Murdock
Dr. Richard T. Scott,Jr
Dr. John J. Stangel
Norwalk, CT

Embryo grading and PGD are 2 different ways of evaluating embryos. Embryo grading is based on how the embryo looks and how it grows in the laboratory. PGD looks at the genetic material in the embryo. A low grade embryo can have normal genetics and a high grade embryo can have abnormal genetics.

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