A reliable screening test to identify adult carriers of the (--SEA) alpha0-thalassemia deletion: Detection of embryonic zeta-globin chains by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 927-931

  Lafferty, J D ^a   Crowther, M A ^a   Waye, J S ^a   Chui, D H K ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha Thalassemia; Hemoglobin Bart; Hemoglobin H; Hydrops fetalis; Microcytosis; Thalassemia; Thalassemia testing

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN H; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSATE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN H; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034525884     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/26G7-BQH4-93BV-UR0Q     Document Type: Article

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