Full karyotyping, rapid aneuploidy diagnosis or both when invasive prenatal testing is performed for diagnosis of thalassaemia?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Tse, K Y ^a   Leung, W C ^a,b   Leung, K Y ^a   Lee, C P ^a   Ng, L K L ^a   Lau, E T ^a   Chan, Vivian ^a   Tang, M H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Karyotyping; Rapid aneuploidy diagnosis; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33645105183     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal003     Document Type: Article

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