Article
[Molecular screening and prenatal diagnosis of the deletional alpha-thalassemia by polymerase chain reaction amplification].
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi - 1 Aug 1994
Xu X M, Cai X H, Li J
Abstract excerpt
For the genetic counselling, 8,432 blood samples from Chinese couples were screened for detecting alpha-thalassemia in Guangzhou city. The positive diagnosis of 646 (7.66%) alpha-thalassemia patients was made. One hundred DNA random samples from the above positive cases were collected and were analysed by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to determine the genotype of alpha-thalassemia of Southeast Asian...
Topics
- Female
- Fetal Diseases
- Gene Deletion
- Humans
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- alpha-Thalassemia
