Development and validation of a ζ-globin-specific ELISA for carrier screening of the (--SEA) α thalassaemia deletion

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-151

  Tang, L ^a   Zhu, P ^a   Zhou, W J ^a   Zheng, J ^a   Zhou, Y Q ^b   Fu, N ^a   Xu, X M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhuhai Municipal Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT; ZETA-GLOBINS;

EID: 61449163023     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.059477     Document Type: Article

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