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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2023.034

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Noninvasive preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy

Lisitsyna OI, Ekimov AN, Atapina EE, Syrkasheva AG, Goryainova EG, Makarova NP, Trofimov DYu, Dolgushina NV
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Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Olga I. Lisitsyna
Akademika Oparina, 4, Moscow, 117997, Russia; ur.xobni@avokyzay_o

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Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under research project №23-25-00346.

Author contribution: Makarova NP, Lisitsyna OI, Dolgushina NV — study concept and design; Lisitsyna OI, Makarova NP, Dolgushina NV, Syrkasheva AG, Ekimov AN — manuscript writing and editing; Lisitsyna OI — statistical processing of the results; Goryainova EG, Makarova NP — biomaterial collection; Ekimov AN, Atapina EE — laboratory phase; Dolgushina NV, Trofimov DYu — publication approval.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology (protocol № 10 of 28 October 2021). The patients submitted the informed consent to study participation.

Received: 2023-06-18 Accepted: 2023-08-09 Published online: 2023-08-30
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