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Prenatal diagnosis of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease by percutaneous umbilical blood sampling.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Nov 2012
Sun J, Wang Y, Liu D, Yu Y, Wang J, Ying W, Wang X
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated how to prenatally diagnose X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X-CGD) effectively and accurately. Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling was conducted in the 22nd week of pregnancy. NADPH oxidase activity and gp91(phox) protein expression of neutrophils were analysed using flow cytometry. Direct sequencing was used to detect CYBB gene mutations. Umbilical blood was obtained from...
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