Establishment of prenatal diagnosis for β-thalassaemia: A step towards its control in a developing country

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-144

  Garewal, G ^a   Das, R ^a   Jaur, J ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a   Gupta, I ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; PCR ARMS; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; POPULATION GENETICS;

BETA THALASSEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22344452886     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500075019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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