A laboratory strategy for genotyping haemoglobin H disease in the Chinese

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 931-934

  Chan, Amy Yuk Yin ^a   So, Chi Chiu ^a   Ma, Edmond Shiu Kwan ^b   Chan, Li Chong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CODON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX AMPLIFICATION REFRACTORY MUTATION SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34547798065     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.042242     Document Type: Article

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