Article
Prenatal diagnosis of haemoglobin disorders by cordocentesis at 12 weeks' gestation.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Dec 1991
Trapani F D, Marino M, D'Alcamo E, Abate I, D'Agostino S, Lauricella S, Musicò M, Orlandi F, Sammarco P, Maggio A
Abstract excerpt
Prenatal diagnosis of haemoglobin disorders is accepted to be a useful procedure to avoid births of infants with homozygous diseases. Advances in sampling and molecular techniques, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and chorionic villus sampling (CVS), have made earlier and safer first-trime...
Topics
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Hemoglobin A
- Humans
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Trimester, First
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Reproducibility of Results
- Thalassemia