Screening for clinically significant non-deletional alpha thalassaemia mutations by pyrosequencing.

Non-deletional α(+)-thalassaemia is associated with a higher degree of morbidity and mortality than deletional forms of α(+)-thalassaemia. Screening for the common deletional forms of α-thalassaemia by Gap-PCR is widely practiced; however, the detection of non-deletional α-thalassaemia mutations is...

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Main Authors: Haywood, A, Dreau, H, Timbs, A, Schuh, A, Old, J, Henderson, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010