Commercial kit-based diagnosis is not enough for prenatal testing of beta-thalassemia: pitfalls in diagnostic mutation analysis raises the need for reference laboratories

Prenat Diagn. 2006 Oct;26(10):989-91. doi: 10.1002/pd.1545.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laboratories
  • Mutation
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods*
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • beta-Thalassemia / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic