Molecular detection of Spanish δβ-thalassemia associated with β-thalassemia identified during prenatal diagnosis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 195-198

  Barragan, Eva ^a   Bolufer, Pascual ^a   Perez, María L ^a   Prieto, Felix ^a   Sanz, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Prenatal diagnosis; Spanish thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CD37 ANTIGEN; CD39 ANTIGEN; CD6 ANTIGEN; DNA;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; DELTA BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPAIN; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33646834790     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.12.041     Document Type: Article

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