β-Thalassemia mutations in western India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-570

  Sheth, J J ^a,c   Sheth, F J ^a   Pandya, Pooja ^a   Priya, Rashi ^a   Davla, Sejal ^a   Thakur, Chitra ^b   Flavin, Vaz ^b  

^a FRIGE Institute of Human Genetics   (India)

^b BJ Wadia Children's Hospital   (India)

^c FRIGE Foundation for Research in Genetics and Endocrinology   (India)

Author keywords

Thalassaemia; ARMS PCR; Mutation; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ALLELES; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FETUS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INDIA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 51349089092     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0109-3     Document Type: Article

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