Prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies in Ontario, Canada

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 507-510

  Basran, Raveen K ^a   Patterson, Margie ^b   Walker, Lynda ^b   Nakamura, Lisa M ^b   Eng, Barry ^b   Chui, David H K ^c,d   Waye, John S ^a,b,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carrier screening; Hemoglobinopathies; Prenatal diagnosis; Sickle; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS HYDROPS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBIN SC; HEMOGLOBIN SS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 29744444437     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.052     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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3. WAVE, J.S. et al. 1993. Carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies in Ontario. Clin. Investig. Med. 16: 358-371.