Development and clinical implementation of a combination deletion PCR and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assay for detecting deletions involving the human α-globin gene cluster

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-557

  Kipp, Benjamin R ^a   Roellinger, Samantha E ^a   Lundquist, Patrick A ^a   Highsmith, W Edward ^a   Dawson, D Brian ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 82755192077     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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