Prenatal HLA-typing in beta-thalassemia before the collection of sibling cord blood [3]

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-90

  Liao, Can ^a   Li, Dongzhi ^a   Wei, Jiaxue ^a   Tang, Xuewei ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Huang, Yining ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MATERNAL AND NEONATAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

BETA THALASSEMIA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LETTER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; THALASSEMIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 31944449116     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1353     Document Type: Letter

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