Naslov
Prenatal genotyping of the RhD locus by polymerase chain reaction in fetus at risk of hemolytic disease

Autori
Misković, B ; Stipoljev, F ; Hadzisejdić, I ; Grahovac ; B

Izvornik
Liječnički vjesnik (0924-9338) 130 (2008), 1-2; 4-6

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Prenatal genotyping; polymerase chain reaction; hemolytic disease

Sažetak
Modern management of Rh alloimmunization includes early diagnosis of fetal RhD genotype, precise assessment of the severity of fetal anemia and the use of minimal number of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The severity of fetal anemia can be assessed by Doppler ultrasound, while fetal RhD genotype is determined from the amniotic cells or fetal DNA extracted from the mother's serum by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Although prenatal RhD genotype diagnostic techniques have been used in developed countries more than 10 years, they have not been available in Croatia until recently. As a consequence of unavailability of these techniques in Croatia there has been inadequate approach to the patient, in whom inappropriate and unnecessary visits, amniocentesis, cordocentesis and laboratory tests were performed. Therefore, we describe the

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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