Feasibility of molecular diagnosis of α-thalassemia in the evaluation of microcytosis

Haematologica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 592-593

  Sivera, Piera ^a   Roetto, Antonella ^a   Mazza, Umberto ^a   Camaschella, Clara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Microcytosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALASSEMIA;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031453924     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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