Two cases of homozygous α0-thalassemia diagnosed prenatally in pregnancies at risk for β-thalassemia in China [3]

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 474-475

  Liao, C ^a   Xie, X M ^a   Li, D Z ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MATERNAL AND NEONATAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND; ABORTION; CASE REPORT; CODON; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MUTATION; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHINA; CODON; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34247400307     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3929     Document Type: Letter

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