Prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anemia in twin pregnancies and identification by VNTRs

ATTILA G., YALIN S., TULI A., YALIN E., Aksoy K.

CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA, cilt.350, ss.137-142, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 350
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.07.020
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.137-142
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin synthesis that is characterized by life-long severe hemolytic anemia, attacks of pain crisis, and chronic organ system damage. In this study, prenatal diagnosis was performed to three couples (families A, B, and C) with twin pregnancies Who were at risk for SCA.