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Genotyping of alpha-thalassemia in microcytic hypochromic anemia patients from North India.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Sankar Vaikam H, Arya Vandana, Tewari Depshikha, Gupta Usha R, Pradhan Mandakini, Agarwal Sarita
Abstract excerpt
Microcytic hypochromic anemia is a common condition in clinical practice and alpha-thalassemia has to be considered as a differential diagnosis. Molecular diagnosis of alpha-thalassemia is possible by polymerase chain reaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of alpha-gene numbers in subjects with microcytosis. In total, 276 subjects with microcytic hypochromic anemia [MCV<80fl; MCH<27pg] were...
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