Detection of Three Common, Deletional α-Thalassemia Determinants in Southern China by a Single-Tube Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Method

Hemoglobin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Liu, Jing Zhong ^a,c   Ou, Cai Ying ^b   Wang, Li Rong ^a   Xiao, Bai ^a   Huang, Li Jia ^a   Chen, Li Chang ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Globin gene cluster; Thalassemia (thal); Chinese; Gene deletion; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m PCR)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 1342345054     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120028885     Document Type: Article

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