Toward quality assurance for metaphase FISH: A multicenter experience

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-196

  Dewald, Gordon W ^a   Stallard, Richard ^b   Bader, Patricia I ^d   Chen, Kathy ^e   Zenger Hain, Julie ^f   Harris, Catherine J ^g   Higgins, Rodney ^h   Hirsch, Betsy ⁱ   Hsu, Wei Tong ^j   Johnson, Eric ^c   Kubic, Virginia ^k   Kurczynski, T W ^l   Malone, James M ^m   McCorquodale, D James ⁿ   Meilinger, Karen ^o   Meisner, Lorraine F ^c   Moore, J W ^p   Schwartz, Stuart ^q   Siembieda, Steven ^r   Storto, Patrick D ^s   Vance, Gail ^t   Van Tuinen, Peter ^u   Wiktor, Ann ^v   Yung, Jar Fee ^w   more..

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Fort Wayne Dermatology   (United States)

^e ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^h ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^j RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^m AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^p NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^r REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^v HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^w MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

hybridization efficiency; metaphase FISH; mosaicism; Prader Willi syndrome; proficiency testing; quality assurance; SNRPN probe; workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; METAPHASE; MOSAICISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WORKLOAD;

AUTOANTIGENS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METAPHASE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029854178     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961028)65:3<190::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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