Early prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassaemia in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 779-782

  Ng, I S L ^a   Ong, J B K ^b   Tan, C L ^a   Law, H Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chorionic villus sampling; Direct gene analysis; Genetic counselling; Genetic screening; Mutation detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SINGAPORE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030281658     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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