Screening for mutations in the α-globin genes leading to abnormal hemoglobin variants with high resolution melting analysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-277

  Liu, Ying Na ^a   Li, Ru ^a   Zhou, Jian Ying ^a   Xie, Xing Mei ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Liao, Can ^a   Li, Dong Zhi ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MATERNAL AND NEONATAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

thalassemia; hemoglobin H disease; highresolution melting (HRM) analysis; molecular screening; non deletional mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84860499636     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.759     Document Type: Article

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