Rapid screening of multiple β-globin gene mutations by real-time PCR on the LightCycler: Application to carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis of thalassemia syndromes

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 769-776

  Vrettou, Christina ^a,b   Traeger Synodinos, Joanne ^a   Tzetis, Maria ^a   Malamis, George ^a   Kanavakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Haemophilia Haemostasis Unit   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037406282     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.5.769     Document Type: Article

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