Prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassaemia by chorionic villous sampling

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 528-531

  Tasleem, Samina ^a   Tasleem, Huma ^b   Siddiqui, Mehfooz Ahmed ^a   Adil, Malik Muhammad ^b   Rashid, Yasmin ^c  

^a Rawalpindi General Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

^c Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRANSFUSION; CHORION VILLUS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

DNA;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHORIONIC VILLI; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38449101914     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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