Multiplex minisequencing screen for common Southeast Asian and Indian β-thalassemia mutations

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-218

  Wang, Wen ^a   Kham, Shirley K Y ^a   Yeo, Gare Hoon ^a   Quah, Thuan Chong ^a,b   Chong, Samuel S ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA POLYMERASE; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOSTABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUTOANALYSIS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0037305165     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.2.209     Document Type: Article

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