M Furbetta, A Angius, A Ximenes, T Tuveri, C Rosatelli, M T Scalas, R Fais, A Cao, G Angioni, F Caminiti
Prenatal diagnosis with globin chain synthesis analysis on fetal red blood cells concentrated by NH4Cl-NH4HCO3 differential lysis of maternal cells (Orskov lysis) was carried out in 27 pregnancies at risk for beta thalassaemia and one at risk for sickle cell beta0 thalassaemia. The beta/gamma globin chain synthesis ratio was also determined after anti-i-differential agglutination (12 cases), in almost pure fetal samples (sic cases) and by extrapolation (one case). Differential lysis permitted the study of samples drawn by placental aspiration containing as little as 3...
March 1980: British Journal of Haematology