title: Commercial kit-based diagnosis is not enough for prenatal testing of beta-thalassemia: pitfalls in diagnostic mutation analysis raises the need for reference laboratories.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferlini
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ravani
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venturoli
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trabanelli
authors.forename: Marina Taddei
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Masieri
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brandi
authors.forename: Bernardetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dolcini
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rimessi
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gualandi
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calzolari
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic