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Fertility Treatments May Raise Risk of Gene Mutations in Male Infants
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Title Fertility Treatments May Raise Risk of Gene Mutations in Male Infants
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579661?src=rss
Description The use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to conceive appears to increase the odds of de novo Y-chromosome microdeletions in male offspring, Chinese researchers report. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Date Aug 29, 2008
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