Single-tube multiplex-PCR screen for common deletional determinants of α-thalassemia

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 360-362

  Chong, Samuel S ^a   Boehm, Corinne D ^b   Higgs, Douglas R ^b   Cutting, Garry R ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN H;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033983971     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.1.360     Document Type: Article

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