Birth of healthy children after preimplantation diagnosis of β-thalassemia by whole-genome amplification

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 646-651

  Jiao, Zexu ^a   Zhou, Canquan ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Shu, Yimin ^a   Liang, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhang, Mingfang ^a   Zhuang, Guanglun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Primer extension preamplification; Whole genome amplification; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLASTOMERE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOPSY; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0042021866     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.659     Document Type: Article

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