Scheduling Tests

PGD may be recommended by your physician when there is a possibility, indicated by your medical history or advanced maternal age, that your embryos could be affected by a genetic disease. Candidates for PGD may have one of the following infertility diagnoses and/or have a known or suspected family history of one of the inherited genetic disorders listed below. New tests are developing rapidly therefore we encourage you to call Dr. Kearns at 301-545-1209 if you have questions about a specific genetic disorder not found on these lists.

1. PGD and Infertility

• Recurrent Miscarriage
• Unsuccessful IVF Cycles
• Unexplained Infertility
• Advanced Maternal Age
• Severe Male Factor Infertility

Chromosomal Abnormalities

Aneuploidy
• Chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, X and Y
• Down syndrome
• Turner syndrome
• Klinefelter syndrome


Structural Abnormalities
• Translocations
• Inversions
• Deletions
• Duplications


Mitochondrial Disorders



Inherited Single—Gene Disorders*
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Fragile X syndrome
• Duchenne/Becker’s muscular dystrophy
• Hemophilia
• Myotonic dystrophy
• Huntington’s disease
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
• Thalassemia
• Spinal muscular atrophy

* In collaboration with an outside laboratory

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