The simultaneous presence of α- and β-thalassaemia alleles: A pitfall of thalassaemia screening

Community Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-21

  Law, H Y ^a   Chee, M K L ^b   Tan, G P ^b   Ng, Ivy S L ^a,b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Thalassaemia; Double heterozygotes; Molecular analyses; Mutations; Routine haematological testing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BARTS HYDROP PREGNANCY; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CARRIER; FAMILY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYDROPS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THALASSEMIA;

ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HYDROPS;

EID: 0038618800     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069539     Document Type: Article

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