Rapid detection of the major Mediterranean β-thalassaemia mutations by real-time polymerase chain reaction using fluorophore-labelled hybridization probes

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 554-557

  Moreno, Isabel ^a   Bolufer, Pascual ^a   Luz Perez, M ^a   Barragán, Eva ^a   Sanz, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Epidemiological surveys; Genotyping; Hybridization probes; Molecular methods; Mutations; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TIME;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PROBES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036436890     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03823.x     Document Type: Article

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