Polymerase chain reaction compared with dot blotting for the determination of N-myc gene amplification in neuroblastoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 518-521

  De Cremoux, Patricia ^a   Thioux, Martine ^a   Peter, Martine ^a   Vielh, Philippe ^a   Micron, Jean ^a   Delattre, Olivier ^a   Magdelenat, Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE C MYB; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MYC; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030875095     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970729)72:3<518::AID-IJC22>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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