Beta-globin haplotypes from blood spots for follow-up of newborn hemoglobinopathy screening

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-78

  Hiti, Alan L ^a,b   Zeng, Licheng ^a,b   Xiang, Qing ^a,b   Lorey, Fred W ^c   Powars, Darleen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

globin gene haplotypes; Hemoglobinopathy screening; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

FILTRATION; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031012238     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199701)54:1<76::AID-AJH12>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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