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Embryoscopy

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The First Twelve Weeks of Gestation

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Abstract

Endoscopic visualization of the embryo (embryoscopy) is a new and evolving technology. The concept of direct visualization of the embryo reflects not only our ongoing quest for improved diagnostic techniques, but also the potential for direct, targeted embryonic therapy. Advancing technology has rendered the fetus and its environment accessible to the “outside” world and, therefore, to diagnosis and therapy. Among the latest of such technologies is embryoscopy, which utilizes high-resolution fiberoptic equipment for direct visualization of the embryo/fetus [1–6].

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Three Cooper Plaza, 08103, Camden, NJ, USA

    E. R. Barnea MD, FACOG

  2. Histopathologic Institute, Institut de Morphologie Pathologique Loverval (I.M.P.L.), Allée des Templiers 41, 6280, Gerpinnes (Loverval), Belgium

    J. Hustin MD, PhD

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Erasme, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    E. Jauniaux MD

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Reece, E.A. (1992). Embryoscopy. In: Barnea, E.R., Hustin, J., Jauniaux, E. (eds) The First Twelve Weeks of Gestation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84385-3_22

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