The use of capillary blood samples in a large scale screening approach for the detection of β-thalassemia and hemoglobin variants

Haematologica

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1565-

  Bento, Celeste ^a   Relvas, Luís ^a   Vazão, Helena ^a   Campos, Joana ^a   Rebelo, Umbelina ^a   Ribeiro, Maria Letícia ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capillary blood samples; Screening hemoglobinopathies

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 33750948008     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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