Compound heterozygosity for triplicated α-globin gene and (- -(SEA)) α-globin gene deletion: Implication for thalassaemia screening [5]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 498-499

  Ma, S K ^a   Chan, A Y Y ^a   Chan, L C ^a   Chui, D H K ^a   Waye, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compound heterozygosity; SEA deletion; Thalassaemia screening; Triplicated

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

BUDGET; CANCER SCREENING; CROSSING OVER; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THALASSEMIA;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0033844953     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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