Application of MLPA assay to characterize unsolved α-globin gene rearrangements

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-144

  Colosimo, Alessia ^a   Gatta, Valentina ^b   Guida, Valentina ^c   Leodori, Eleonora ^a   Foglietta, Enrica ^d   Rinaldi, Silvana ^d   Cappabianca, Maria Pia ^d   Amato, Antonio ^d   Stuppia, Liborio ^b   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Centro Studi Microcitemie   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia; MLPA; Real time PCR; SYBER Green; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79151481405     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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