Characterisation and confirmation of rare beta-thalassaemia mutations in the Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic groups in Malaysia

Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-441

  Tan, Jin Ai Mary Anne ^a   Chin, Pui See ^a   Wong, Yean Ching ^a   Tan, Kim Lian ^a   Chan, Lee Lee ^a   George, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ARMS; Chinese; Gap PCR; Genomic sequencing; Indians; Malay; Malaysia; Rare thalassaemia mutations

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CD1 ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; LEUKOSIALIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PROMOTER REGION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHINA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33749186191     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020600922538     Document Type: Article

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