Review on screening and analysis techniques for hemoglobin variants and thalassemia

• Main Authors: Hartwell S.K., Srisawang B., Kongtawelert P., Christian G.D., Grudpan K.
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-14844337894&partnerID=40&md5=04ecc9352bc2359882197a6b2af01933; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18969925; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1934
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Thalassemia involves gene mutation that causes the production of an insufficient amount of normal structure globin chains while Hb variant involves gene mutation that causes the change in type or number of amino acid of the globin chain. It has been reported that some 200 million people worldwide ha...