Detection of α-globin gene deletion and duplication using quantitative multiplex PCR of short fluorescent fragments

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 649-654

  Mo, Zong Ping ^a,b   Yu, Chang Shun ^b   Li, Ya Juan ^a   Cao, Wei Xi ^a   Zeng, Zheng Yu ^a   Zhan, Yi Xin ^a   Mo, Gui Ling ^a   Hu, Chaohui ^a,b   Feng, Wenli ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Kingmed Center for Clinical Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

thalassemia; copy number alteration; fragment analysis; multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CLCN7 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HAB1 GENE; HBA2 GENE; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84860468121     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.833     Document Type: Article

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