Prevalence and molecular characterization of α-thalassemia syndromes among Indians

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-180

  Nadkarni, Anita ^a   Phanasgaonkar, Supriya ^a   Colah, Roshan ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 45549092191     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0080     Document Type: Article

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