A successful strategy for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis of beta-thalassemia and simultaneous detection of Down's syndrome using multiplex fluorescent PCR

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 918-927

  Piyamongkol, Wirawit ^a   Vutyavanich, Teraporn ^a   Piyamongkol, Sirivipa ^b   Wells, Dagan ^c   Kunaviktikul, Chairat ^a   Tongsong, Theera ^a   Chaovisitsaree, Somsak ^a   Saetung, Rattika ^a   Sanguansermsri, Torpong ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Down's syndrome; Embryo selection; Multiplex fluorescent single cell PCR; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD); Prenatal diagnosis (PND); Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BIOPSY; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33746211279     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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