α-Thalassemia carrier identification by DNA analysis in the screening for thalassemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-278

  Galanello, Renzo ^a,b   Sollaino, Carla ^a   Paglietti, Elisabetta ^a   Barella, Susanna ^a   Perra, Chiara ^a   Doneddu, Ilaria ^a   Pirroni, Maria G ^a   Maccioni, Liliana ^a   Cao, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

Author keywords

PCR; Screening; thalassemia carrier

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0031724047     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199812)59:4<273::AID-AJH2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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