Is pre-implantation genetic diagnosis a safe procedure?

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IVF LA Reproductive Associates

Published on Mar 25, 2014

How are you defining safe or not? Regarding the loss rate to embryos after PGD, if I told you that the national average of embryos lost during PGD is about 10% and may be as low as 1% in the hands of an experienced lab personnel, would you characterize that as a safe procedure?

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Answered by IVF LA Reproductive Associates

How are you defining safe or not? Regarding the loss rate to embryos after PGD, if I told you that the national average of embryos lost during PGD is about 10% and may be as low as 1% in the hands of an experienced lab personnel, would you characterize that as a safe procedure?

Published on Jul 11, 2012


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