Dealing with uncertainties: ethics of prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnosis to prevent mitochondrial disorders.

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Published in Hum Reprod Update on December 03, 2007

Authors

A L Bredenoord1, G Pennings, H J Smeets, G de Wert

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. a.bredenoord@zw.unimaas.nl

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