Prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassemia in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 903-905

  Baig, Shahid Mahmood ^a   Azhar, Ayesha ^a   Hassan, Hammad ^a   Baig, Jamshaid Mahmood ^a   Aslam, Muhammad ^a   Ud Din, Mohammad Amin ^b   Qureshi, Javed Anver ^a   Zaman, Tariq ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Multiplex ARMS PCR; Mutation; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

MONOPLEX;

EID: 33750549478     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1523     Document Type: Article

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