Single-tube multiplex-PCR screen for anti-3.7 and anti-4.2 α-globin gene triplications

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1679-1682

  Wang, Wen ^a   Ma, Edmond S K ^d   Chan, Amy Y Y ^d   Prior, John ^f   Erber, Wendy N ^f   Chan, Li C ^d   Chui, David H K ^e   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)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141615757     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.10.1679     Document Type: Article

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