Quantification of X-chromosome inactivation patterns in haematological samples using the DNA PCR-based HUMARA assay

Leukemia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 362-367

  Gale, R E ^a   Mein, C A ^a   Linch, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HUMARA; X chromosome inactivation patterns

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0029964633     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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