Publications by authors named "Irina Kovalova"

The aim of this study is to summarize the outcomes of transfers of mosaic embryos, which were classified according to guidelines and in strong collaboration of reproductologists, clinical geneticists and patients approved as suitable for transfer. Retrospective data were collected from 70 patients from a private IVF center to whom embryos with mosaic changes in chromosomal material were transferred from 2015 to 2019. Implantation outcomes and continuing pregnancies showed slight differences, when compared to fully normal embryos.

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Huntington's disease (HD) is fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by a (CAG) triplet repeat expansion in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene. Inheritance pattern of the disease is autosomal dominant and onset depending on triplet repeat count. Transgenerational HD transmission can be avoided by preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).

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