Screening and genetic diagnosis of haemoglobin disorders

Blood Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-53

  Old, J M ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrier screening; Haemoglobinopathies; Mutation analysis; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0037365343     PISSN: 0268960X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-960X(02)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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