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First-trimester prenatal diagnosis by DNA analysis was carried out for seven pregnancies at risk for homozygous alpha 0-thalassaemia. Transabdominal placental biopsy was carried out at 10-12 weeks' gestation. The presence of alpha-globin genes in the fetal DNA was determined by restriction endonuclease mapping and hybridization with cloned alpha-globin probe. Homozygous alpha 0-thalassaemia was detected in two fetuses and the pregnancies were interrupted. Alpha 0-thalassaemia in both cases was confirmed by electrophoresis of the umbilical cord blood where only haemoglobin Bart's was detected. The remaining five fetuses were diagnosed as normal or as possessing alpha-thalassaemia-1 trait and the pregnancies are being carried to term. The use of DNA analysis in prenatal diagnosis of fetuses at risk for homozygous alpha 0-thalassaemia enables detection of the haemoglobinopathy at 10 weeks' gestation.
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