α-Thalassemia incidence in southern Thailand by restriction endonuclease analysis of globin DNA from placental blood at Songklanagarind Hospital

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue , 1997, Pages 93-96

  Sriroongrueng, Wimonman ^a   Pornpatkul, Malida ^a   Panich, Vicharn ^a   Fucharoen, Suthat ^b,c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DNA; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BART'S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; THAILAND;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; THAILAND;

EID: 0031310251     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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