Antenatal diagnosis of homozygous alpha thalassemia

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 122-124

  Doridot, V ^a   Sibony, O ^a   Luton, D ^a   Reyal, F ^a   Feraud, O ^a   Multon, O ^a   Oury, J F ^a   Blot, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassemia; Fetal cardiomegaly; Hydrops fetalis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN BART'S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CORDOCENTESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MOVEMENT; HOMOZYGOTE; PREGNANCY;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; CARDIOMEGALY; CORDOCENTESIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032966033     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020903     Document Type: Article

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