Microsatellite markers within -SEA breakpoints for prenatal diagnosis of HbBarts hydrops fetalis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Ho, Sherry Sze Yee ^a   Chong, Samuel S ^a,b   Koay, Evelyn S C ^a,b   Yiong, Huak Chan ^a   Sukumar, Ponnusamy ^a   Chiu, Lily Lily ^b   Wang, Wen ^a   Roy, Ashim ^a   Rauff, Mary ^a   Lin, Lin Su ^a   Biswas, Arijit ^a   Choolani, Mahesh ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ALLELES; CELL LINE; DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33847410134     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.075085     Document Type: Article

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