Prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia by analysis of fetal cells in maternal blood

Nature Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-268

  Cheung, Mei Chi ^a   Goldberg, James D ^a   Kan, Yuet Wai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIBODIES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0030293185     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1196-264     Document Type: Article

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