The prevalence of β-thalassemia mutations in south western Maharashtra

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-393

  Satpute, Sandeep B ^a   Bankar, Mangesh P ^b   Momin, Abdulrahaman A ^c  

^a Govt Medical College   (India)

^b B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Dr Vasantrao Pawar Medical College Hospital and Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Thalassemia carrier; Mutations; Prenatal diagnosis; South western Maharashtra

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84867898531     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: 09740422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-012-0230-y     Document Type: Article

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