Molecular diagnosis of haemoglobin disorders

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-176

  Clark, B E ^a   Thein, S L ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA diagnostics; Haemoglobinopathies; Hb variants; Sickle; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PROTEIN DISORDER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FUTUROLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 2942579453     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00607.x     Document Type: Review

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