Genetic diagnosis of Werner's syndrome, a premature aging disease, by mutant allele specific amplification (MASA) and oligomer ligation assay (OLA)

Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-140

  Matsumoto, Takehisa ^a   Tsuchihashi, Zenta ^b   Ito, Chie ^a   Fujita, Kumiko ^a   Goto, Makoto ^c   Furuichi, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a AGENE Research Institute   (Japan)

^b Progenitor Inc   (United States)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital   (Japan)

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EID: 0001182428     PISSN: 10945458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.1.1998.1.131     Document Type: Article

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