Rapid and easy prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anemia using double-dye LNA probe technology [1]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 509-510

  Housni, Hakim E ^a   Vandesompele, Jo ^b   Vannuffel, Pascal ^c   Gulbis, Beatrice ^a   Parma, Jasmine ^a   Cochaux, Pascale ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Locked nucleic acid; Prenatal diagnosis; Real time PCR; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID;

AFRICA; ALLELE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33845967452     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06447.x     Document Type: Letter

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