Worldwide, more than 7 million children have now been born after ART: these delivery rates
are steadily rising and now comprise 2–6% of births in the European countries. To achieve …

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), a human genomic imprinting disorder, is
characterized by phenotypic variability that might include overgrowth, macroglossia …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are complex, lifelong, neurodevelopmental conditions of
largely unknown cause. They are much more common than previously believed, second in …

The epigenome has been heralded as a key'missing piece'of the aetiological puzzle for
complex phenotypes across the biomedical sciences. The standard research approaches …

BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of children are being conceived by assisted
reproductive technology (ART). A number of studies have highlighted an altered epigenetic …

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability of childhood. A recent publication
from the Autism and Developmental Disability Monitoring (ADDM) CP Network sponsored by …

Background Human-assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are a widely accepted
treatment for infertile couples. At the same time, many studies have suggested the …

BACKGROUND The advances in the world of IVF during the last decades have been rapid
and impressive and culture media play a major role in this success. Until the 1980s fertility …

Most IVF-conceived children are healthy, but IVF has also been associated with adverse
obstetric and perinatal outcomes as well as congenital anomalies. There is also literature …

OBJECTIVE: To examine infant outcome of singletons born after cryopreservation of
embryos (Cryo). DESIGN: National population-based controlled follow-up study. SETTING …