Translational Research
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 178-184 , October 2008

Rapid diagnosis of thalassemias and other hemoglobinopathies by capillary electrophoresis system

Received 8 July 2008 ,Revised 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 26 August 2008.

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 Supported in part by Grant RTA480003 from the Thailand Research Fund (to S.F. as a Senior Research Scholar).

PII: S1931-5244(08)00221-1

doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2008.08.004

Translational Research
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 178-184 , October 2008

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