Molecular diagnosis of β-thalassemia by multiplex ARMS-PCR: A cost effective method for developing countries like Pakistan [1]

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 580-581

  Baig, Shahid Mahmood ^a,b  

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

^b PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AMPLIFICATION REFRACTORY MUTATION SYSTEM; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PAKISTAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34347211013     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1732     Document Type: Letter

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