Molecular heterogeneity of β-thalassaemia in Malaysia: A practical approach to diagnosis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-83

  Thong, M K ^a   Law, H Y ^b   Ng, I S L ^c  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b DNA Diagn and Research Laboratory

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allele specific oligonucleotides; Collaborative research; Mutation analysis; Population screening; Reverse dot blot analysis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029689499     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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