Inherited hemoglobin disorders in Andhra Pradesh, India: A population study

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 117-119

  Munshi, Anjana ^a   Anandraj, M P J S ^a   Joseph, James ^a   Shafi, Gowhar ^b   Anila, A N ^a   Jyothy, A ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

thalassemia; ARMS PCR; Double heterozygotes; HPLC; RDB; Structural variants

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; BETA-GLOBINS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 57949103902     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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