The prevalence and spectrum of thalassemia in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Hemoglobin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Li, Zesong ^a,d   Li, Fangfang ^b   Li, Ming ^c   Guo, Runjun ^a   Zhang, Wen ^a  

^a Shenzhen Yishengtang Biological Products Co Ltd   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Mutation; Prevalence; Reverse dot blot assay; Spectrum; Thalassemia (thal)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING;

CHINA; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33645080181     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260500453818     Document Type: Article

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