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Feasibility of prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassaemia with synthetic DNA probes in two Mediterranean populations.

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.

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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


  11 in total

1.  Prenatal diagnosis by amniocentesis and chorionic villus biopsy.

Authors:  J L Reynolds
Journal:  Can Fam Physician       Date:  1986-01       Impact factor: 3.275

2.  The molecular basis of beta thalassaemia in Bulgaria.

Authors:  L Kalaydjieva; A Eigel; J Horst
Journal:  J Med Genet       Date:  1989-10       Impact factor: 6.318

3.  Beta thalassaemia mutations in Sardinians: implications for prenatal diagnosis.

Authors:  C Rosatelli; G B Leoni; T Tuveri; M T Scalas; A Di Tucci; A Cao
Journal:  J Med Genet       Date:  1987-02       Impact factor: 6.318

Review 4.  Prenatal diagnosis of the common haemoglobin disorders.

Authors:  D J Weatherall; J M Old; S L Thein; J S Wainscoat; J B Clegg
Journal:  J Med Genet       Date:  1985-12       Impact factor: 6.318

5.  Beta-thalassemia mutations in the Portuguese population.

Authors:  M P Gomes; M G da Costa; L B Braga; N T Cordeiro-Ferreira; A Loi; M Pirastu; A Cao
Journal:  Hum Genet       Date:  1988-01       Impact factor: 4.132

6.  Prenatal diagnosis of beta thalassaemia based on restriction endonuclease analysis of amplified fetal DNA.

Authors:  M Pirastu; M S Ristaldi; A Cao
Journal:  J Med Genet       Date:  1989-06       Impact factor: 6.318

7.  Fetal tissue sampling. The San Francisco experience with 190 pregnancies.

Authors:  M S Golbus; K F McGonigle; J D Goldberg; R A Filly; P W Callen; R L Anderson
Journal:  West J Med       Date:  1989-04

8.  Direct mutation analysis of beta-thalassemia genes in families of various ethnic origins residing in Germany.

Authors:  J Schnee; A Eigel; J Horst
Journal:  Blut       Date:  1989-09

Review 9.  DNA analysis in human disease.

Authors:  A F Wright
Journal:  J Clin Pathol       Date:  1986-12       Impact factor: 3.411

10.  Beta thalassaemia mutations in Turkish Cypriots.

Authors:  A Sozuoz; A Berkalp; A Figus; A Loi; M Pirastu; A Cao
Journal:  J Med Genet       Date:  1988-11       Impact factor: 6.318

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