| Literature DB >> 2862511 |
S L Thein, J S Wainscoat, J M Old, M Sampietro, G Fiorelli, R B Wallace, D J Weatherall.
Abstract
A feasibility study in two Mediterranean populations showed that prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassaemia with a limited number of synthetic oligonucleotide probes would have been possible in about 70% of cases. To provide a comprehensive programme of prenatal diagnosis for the thalassaemias it would be necessary, in most populations, to combine fetal DNA analysis with fetal blood sampling and globin-chain synthesis studies.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2862511 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(85)92493-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321