Epithelial tumour cell detection and the unsolved problems of nested RT-PCR: A new sensitive one step method without false positive results

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 693-698

  Battaglia, M ^a,c   Pedrazzoli, P ^a   Palermo, B ^a   Lanza, A ^a   Bertolini, F ^a   Gibelli, N ^a   Da Prada, G A ^a   Zambelli, A ^a   Perotti, C ^b   Robustelli della Cuna, G ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial tumour cells; Immunocytochemistry; PBSC; Reverse transcriptase PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 19;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031765044     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701405     Document Type: Article

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