Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis for hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 396-399

  Winichagoon, Pranee ^a   Sithongdee, Saisiri ^a   Kanokpongsakdi, Sujin ^b   Tantisirin, Pornpen ^b   Bernini, Luigi F ^c   Fucharoen, Suthat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti globin antibody; Fetal cells in maternal blood; Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis; Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LETHALITY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 21444446657     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.A20501     Document Type: Article

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