PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF β-THALASSEMIAS AND HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES
Prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassemia was accomplished for the first time in the 1970s by globin chain synthesis analysis on fetal blood obtained by placental aspiration at 18-22 weeks gestation. Since then, the molecular definition of the β- globin gene pathology, the development of procedures of DNA...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/117 |