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Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell disease using pyrophosphorolysis-activated polymerization and melting curve analysis.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Jun 2012
Phylipsen Marion, Yamsri Supawadee, Treffers Emmely E, Jansen Diahann T S L, Kanhai Warsha A, Boon Elles M J, Giordano Piero C, Fucharoen Supan, Bakker Egbert, Harteveld Cornelis L
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to develop a pyrophosphorolysis-activated polymerization (PAP) assay for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) of β-thalassemia major and sickle-cell disease (SCD). PAP is able to detect mutations in free fetal DNA in a highly contaminating environment of maternal plasma DNA. METHODS: Pyrophosphorolysis-activated polymerization primers were designed for 12 informative SNPs,...
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