Successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis of Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis in Singapore after fresh and frozen embryo replacement cycles

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 910-913

  Yap, Christine ^a,c,d   Wang, Wen ^d   Tan, Arnold S C ^b,d   Tan, Wei Chin ^d   Lim, Mui Nee ^c   Chong, Samuel S ^b,d  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassaemia; Frozen embryo replacement; Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis; Polymerase chain reaction; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70350719496     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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