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Hemoglobin
international journal for hemoglobin research
Volume 23, 1999 - Issue 3
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Original Article

A Mismatched-Primer Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Strategy for Rapid Screening of the Polyadenylation Signal Mutation αT-saudi (AATAAA→AATAAG) in the α2-Globin Gene

N. Jassim Salmaniya Medical Center, Manama, Bahrain; INSERM U 458, Hôpital Robert Debré, 75019, Paris, France
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S. Al-Arrayed Salmaniya Medical Center, Manama, Bahrain
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N. Gerard INSERM U 458, Hôpital Robert Debré, 75019, Paris, France
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H. Al-Mukharraq Salmaniya Medical Center, Manama, Bahrain
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A. Ai-Ajami Salmaniya Medical Center, Manama, Bahrain
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R. Ramasawmy INSERM U 458, Hôpital Robert Debré, 75019, Paris, France
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R. Krishnamoorthy INSERM U 458, Hôpital Robert Debré, 75019, Paris, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 213-220 | Received 08 Jan 1999, Accepted 09 Apr 1999, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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