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Prenatal diagnosis of α-thalassemia by polymerase chain reaction and dual restriction enzyme analysis

✍ Scribed by Roger V. Lebo; Randall K. Saiki; Kitrena Swanson; Monty A. Montano; Henry A. Erlich; Mitchell S. Golbus

Publisher
Springer
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
873 KB
Volume
85
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6717

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✦ Synopsis

Asian couples at risk for a fetus with homozygous alpha-thalassemia (hydrops fetalis) are often identified by their low erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and normal hemoglobin electrophoresis when little time remains to test their genotypes by restriction enzyme analysis. DNA analysis is performed directly on chorionic villi or amniocytes remaining after an aliquot is used to establish a backup cell culture. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol quickly determines whether the fetus has hydrops fetalis without waiting for cultured cells to grow. Previously, growing cultured fetal cells to obtain more fetal material to establish unambiguously the fetal genotype with two independent restriction enzyme digests absorbed a significant portion of the time remaining to complete prenatal diagnosis. A dual restriction enzyme digestion protocol was development using a 3' zeta-globin probe to clearly distinguish the most common alpha-thalassemia deletions that represent nearly all the alpha-thalassemia haplotypes in Southeast Asia.

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