IVF based approaches towards the treatment and prevention of mitochondrial disease
Mitochondria are strictly maternally inherited, with all paternal mitochondria being destroyed following fertilisation. Women known to be carriers of pathogenic mtDNA mutations are therefore at increased risk of conceiving affected children. These women are currently offered the following options to...
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
2014
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.639809 |