Successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis for alpha- and beta-thalassemia in China

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1021-1028

  Deng, Jie ^a   Peng, Wen Lin ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Fang, Cong ^a   Liang, Xiao Yan ^a   Zeng, Yan Hong ^a   Sun, Hong Yu ^a   Zhou, Can Quan ^a   Zhuang, Guang Lun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassemia; Beta thalassemia; Fluorescent PCR; Nested PCR; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLASTOMERE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIOPATHY;

ADULT; ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33751333200     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1549     Document Type: Article

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