Frequency of α-thalassemia-1 of the Southeast Asian-type among pregnant women in northern Thailand determined by PCR technique

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 362-363

  Kitsirisakul, Budsakorn ^a   Steger, Heinrich F ^a   Sanguansermsri, Torpong ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THAILAND;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; THAILAND;

EID: 0030154335     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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