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Successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis for alpha- and beta-thalassemia in China.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Nov 2006
Deng Jie, Peng Wen-Lin, Li Jie, Fang Cong, Liang Xiao-Yan, Zeng Yan-Hong, Sun Hong-Yu, Zhou Can-Quan, Zhuang Guang-Lun
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METHODS & RESULTS: In southern China, the average carrier rates of alpha-thalassemia and beta-thalassemia in the population are as high as 10.3% and 2.8%, respectively. Because of the high rates, they are known as 'social diseases' in some regions. In this study, the fluorescent gap PCR, which can detect the alpha-thalassemia Southeast Asia deletion (SEA deletion), was applied in four clinical applications of...
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