A rapid and reliable 7-deletion multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for alpha-thalassemia.

استفاده از مولتی پلکس PCR در شناسایی حذف های شایع ژن آلفاگلوبین در حاملین آلفا تالاسمی

Background and Aim:-thalassemia is the most common inherited disorder of hemoglobin (Hb) synthesis in the world. Alpha thalassemia most frequently results from the loss of one (- ) or both (- -) of the duplicated  genes () on chromosome 16. Carriers of deletional forms of -thalassemia (-/- /-, or --/) are clinically normal but have a mild hypochromic, microcytic anemia. C...

Detection of alpha-thalassemias by multiplex polymerase chain reaction.

Although alpha-thalassemia is the most common genetic abnormality in the world, there is currently no routine laboratory method to definitively identify individuals who are affected. We describe a rapid and simple method that utilizes deletion-sensitive primers to amplify normal DNA sequences. Deletions involving the regions responsible for most of the alpha-thalassemia cases in the US prevent ...

Single-tube multiplex-PCR screen for common deletional determinants of alpha-thalassemia.

Alpha-thalassemia is very common throughout all tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean regions, compound heterozygotes and homozygotes may have anemia that is mild to severe (hemoglobin [Hb] H disease) or lethal (Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis). We have developed a reliable, single-tube multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the 6 most fre...

Establishing a reference interval for measurement of flux through the mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation pathway in cultured skin fibroblasts.

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A Diagnostic Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Ocular Herpetic Infections.