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Lateral flow dipstick test for genotyping of 15 beta-globin gene (HBB) mutations with naked-eye detection.
Analytica chimica acta - 21 May 2012
Papanikos Frantzeskos, Iliadi Alexandra, Petropoulou Margarita, Ioannou Penelope C, Christopoulos Theodore K, Kanavakis Emmanuel, Traeger-Synodinos Jan
Abstract excerpt
For definitive diagnosis of thalassemia carriers and patients, as well as for prenatal diagnosis, genotype analysis is of fundamental importance. We report a dry-reagent, lateral flow dipstick test that enables visual genotyping (detection by naked eye) of 15 mutations common in Mediterranean populations in the beta-globin gene (HBB). The method comprises 3 simple steps: (i) PCR amplification of a single 1896 bp...
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