Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification identification of 17 different β-globin gene deletions (including four novel mutations) in the UK population

Hemoglobin

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 406-416

  Gallienne, Alice E ^a   Dréau, Héléne M ^a   McCarthy, Janice ^a   Timbs, Adele T ^a   Hampson, Janet M ^a   Schuh, Anna ^a   Old, John M ^a   Henderson, Shirley J ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globin gene cluster deletions; Thalassemia ( thal); Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH); Multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA) Thalassemia ( thal)

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY PERSISTENCE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BETA-GLOBINS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 72049131085     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630260903344564     Document Type: Article

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