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Detection of paternal alleles in maternal plasma for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia: a feasibility study in southern Chinese.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology - 1 May 2010
Chan Kaimin, Yam Irene, Leung K Y, Tang Mary, Chan T K, Chan Vivian
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate in maternal plasma, the efficacy of detecting the paternal beta-gene mutation and informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) linked to the paternal-mutant or -normal allele in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPND). STUDY DESIGN: In 20 at-risk pregnancies, using th...
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