Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

SIU Fertility & IVF Center

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  • The Male Partner
  • Unexplained Reasons
  • Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
• Treatment Options
  • Female Treatment Options
    • Female Anatomy Problems
    • Ovulation Induction
    • Tubal Reversal
    • Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
    • In Vitro Fertilazation
      • Embryo Cryopreservation
      • Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
      • Blastocyst Stage Embryo Transfer
      • Oocyte (Egg) Donation
      • Surrogate Host (Gestational Carrier)
  • Male Treatment Options
    • Medications
    • Non-Surgical Sperm Aspiration (NSA)
    • Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
    • Diagnostic/ Therapeutic Testicular Biopsy
    • Vasectomy Reversal
    • Donor Sperm
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Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is where a cell is removed from the embryo during IVF and is then analyzed for genetic conditions or chromosomal abnormalities.