Improved diagnosis of sickle cell mutation by a robust amplification refractory polymerase chain reaction

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 677-680

  Simsek, Mehmet ^a   Daar, Shahina ^a   Ojeli, Hana ^a   Bayoumi, Riad ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ALLELES; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033451732     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(99)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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