Identification of Mediterranean beta-thalassemia mutations by reverse dot-blot in Italians and Egyptians.

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Identification of Mediterranean beta-thalassemia mutations by reverse dot-blot in Italians and Egyptians.

Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 1997

Rady M S, Baffico M, Khalifa A S, Heshmat N M, el-Moselhy S, Sciarratta G V, Hussein I R, Temtamy S A, Romeo G

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beta-Thalassemia is a significant public health problem in Egypt where over 1000 of the annual 1.5 million newborns are expected to be affected with this disorder. A preventive program of the disease should be multifaceted with its technical component based on carrier screening and prenatal diagn...

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Alleles
Egypt
Globins
Humans
Immunoblotting
Italy
Mutation
Oligonucleotides
beta-Thalassemia

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