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Utility of family studies in diagnosing abnormal hemoglobins/thalassemic states.
Indian journal of pediatrics - 1 Jun 2009
Rangan Aruna, Handoo A, Sinha S, Saxena R, Verma I C, Kumar S, Sood S K, Bhargava M
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OBJECTIVE: To resolve all indeterminate cases on HPLC screening with the help of family studies and to further confirm the results by genetic analysis. METHODS: In our 11 years experience with HPLC at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, we solved many cases with the help of family studies on parental blood samples in which patient could have possibly been homozygous vs compound heterozygous. Genetic analysis was done on...
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