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Hemoglobin
international journal for hemoglobin research
Volume 25, 2001 - Issue 4
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A MULTI-CENTER STUDY IN ORDER TO FURTHER DEFINE THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF β-THALASSEMIA IN THAILAND, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, MAURITIUS, SYRIA, AND INDIA, AND TO DEVELOP A SIMPLE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY BY AMPLIFICATION REFRACTORY MUTATION SYSTEM-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

John M. Old National Haemoglobinopathy Reference Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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Shaheen N. Khan National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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Ishwar Verma Department of Genetic Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajender Nagar, New Delhi, 110 060, India
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Suthat Fucharoen Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Nakornpathom, Thailand
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Marina Kleanthous Department of Molecular Genetics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Panos Ioannou Department of Molecular Genetics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Navaratnam Kotea Sir Seewosagar Ramgoolam Centre for Medical Studies and Research, University of Mauritius, Moka, Mauritius
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Christopher Fisher National Haemoglobinopathy Reference Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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Sheikh Riazuddin National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore, 53700, Pakistan
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Renu Saxena Department of Genetic Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajender Nagar, New Delhi, 110 060, India
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Pranee Winichagoon Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Nakornpathom, Thailand
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Kyriacos Kyriacou Department of Molecular Genetics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Faizeh Al-Quobaili Department of Molecular Genetics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Baldip Khan
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Pages 397-407 | Received 03 Mar 2001, Accepted 11 Jun 2001, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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