Novel universal approach for preimplantation genetic diagnosis of -thalassaemia in combination with HLA matching of embryos

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BACKGROUND: Beta-Thalassaemia results from co-inheritance of two mutant beta-globin alleles. Allogeneic cord blood cell transplantation (CBT) from an HLA-identical sibling donor is an excellent treatment option for beta-thalassaemia. In families with an affected child and willing to have another child, IVF followed by preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) can be applied to exclude affected embryos. Furthermore,...

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