The use of the Amplification Refractory Mutation System (ARMS) in the detection of rare β-thalassemia mutations in the Malays and Chinese in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 872-879

  Chan, Yoke Fan ^a   Tan, Kim Lian ^a   Wong, Yean Ching ^a   Wee, Yong Chui ^a   Yap, Sook Fan ^a   Tan Jin Ai, Mary Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035747894     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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