A national perspective on prenatal testing for mitochondrial disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1255-1259

  Nesbitt, Victoria ^a   Alston, Charlotte L ^b   Blakely, Emma L ^b   Fratter, Carl ^b,c   Feeney, Catherine L ^b   Poulton, Joanna ^b,d   Brown, Garry K ^b,d   Turnbull, Doug M ^a,b   Taylor, Robert W ^a,b   McFarland, Robert ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Specialised Services for Rare Mitochondrial Disorders of Adults and Children UK   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; GENE MUTATION; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; PROCEDURES;

CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84908540061     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.35     Document Type: Article

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