Prenatal diagnosis of thalassemia in the Chinese

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-68

  Liu, Ta Chih ^a   Lin, Sheng Fung ^a   Yang, Tzu Yao ^b   Lee, Jing Ping ^a   Chen, Tyen Po ^a   Chang, Jan Gowth ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; Prenatal diagnosis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TAIWAN; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0030850052     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199706)55:2<65::AID-AJH3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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