Determination of the breakpoint of the common α-thalassaemia deletion in filipinos in Hawaii

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 284-287

  Hunt, John A ^a   Lee, Lara ^a   Donlon, Timothy A ^a   Hsia, Y Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha globin; Filipino deletion; PCR assay; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME 16P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0032911281     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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