Correction to: Rapid and reliable detection of α-globin copy number variations by quantitative real-time PCR (BMC Hematology (2014) 14 (4) DOI: 10.1186/2052-1839-14-4);Rapid and reliable detection of α-globin copy number variations by quantitative real-time PCR

BMC Hematology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Grimholt, Runa M ^a   Urdal, Petter ^a   Klingenberg, Olav ^b   Piehler, Armin P ^c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Furst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

Author keywords

Copy number variation; HS 40; Quantitative real time PCR; Unknown deletions; globin gene cluster; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84949751204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12878-019-0144-5     Document Type: Erratum

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