Screening multiple β-globin gene mutations: application to carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis of thalassemia syndromes by Real-time PCR 

(Based on the article by Vrettou C, Traeger-Synodinos J, Tzetis M, Malamis G, Kanavakis E. “Rapid screening of multiple β-globin gene mutations by real time PCR (LightCycler^TM): application to carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis for thalassemia syndromes”. Clinical Chemistry, 49(5): 769-776, 2003.)