Mitochondrial donation--how many women could benefit?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1056/NEJMc1500960 and PMC identifier 4481295.
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Abstract
Mitochondrial disease is maternally inherited and refractory to treatment, but assisted reproduction methods can result in unaffected pregnancies. The authors provide estimates of the number of affected pregnancies per year in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Medical subject headings
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Fertility
- Fertilization in Vitro
- Government Regulation
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrial Diseases
- Mutation