[HTML][HTML] Are imprinting disorders more prevalent after human in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection?
JPW Vermeiden, RE Bernardus - Fertility and sterility, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To review the literature and present original data to answer the question of
whether in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is associated with
an increase in imprinted diseases in offspring. If the answer is positive, to investigate
whether there is a causal relationship between IVF or ICSI and the imprinted diseases.
DESIGN: Review study. RESULT (S): Eight epidemiologic studies were suitable to calculate
the weighted relative risk for the birth of a child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome …
whether in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is associated with
an increase in imprinted diseases in offspring. If the answer is positive, to investigate
whether there is a causal relationship between IVF or ICSI and the imprinted diseases.
DESIGN: Review study. RESULT (S): Eight epidemiologic studies were suitable to calculate
the weighted relative risk for the birth of a child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome …