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Vol. 61 No. 4 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2012.129
Tecniche di riproduzione assistita (ART) e rischio di malformazioni congenite: aspetti epidemiologico-clinici ed etici
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The authors refer to the recent scientific literature concerning the most frequent neonatal complications of the induced pregnancy especially after the recent techniques of assisted reproduction IVF and ICSI. The authors are interested in the increased incidence of congenital malformations in infants born from assisted reproductive technology, especially in infants born after the ICSI technique. Furthermore, the authors are very interested in the etiology of this increased incidence of congenital malformations, probably connected both to the technique in itself, especially for the more invasive ICSI, that couple's infertility. Then the authors consider other neonatal problem related to the ICSI technique: the increase of genetic and chromosomal abnormalities, as chromosome Y deletion, often inherited from the father suffering from oligo-azoospermia and the increased incidence of genomic imprinting' syndromes. Finally the authors are concerned about some issues in bioethics, such as the importance of preventive interventions and the types of therapy that cannot replace the conjugal act to resolve a lot of causes of infertility; the problem of the surplus embryos, the cost/benefit analysis applied to ART hanging heavily on the side of a very high cost to the health of mother and unborn child and the role of the doctor who helps and could not distort with alternative methods, the conjugal act designed for the procreation.
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Tecniche di riproduzione assistita (ART) e rischio di malformazioni congenite: aspetti epidemiologico-clinici ed etici. (2016). Medicina E Morale, 61(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2012.129
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