Improved method facilitates reliable APOE genotyping of genomic DNA extracted from formaldehyde-fixed pathology specimens

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-231

  Ghebremedhin, Estifanos ^a   Braak, Heiko ^a   Braak, Eva ^a   Sahm, Jürgen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Formaldehyde fixation; Genotyping; Semi nested PCR

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DNA; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; AUTOPSY; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0032548898     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00197-0     Document Type: Article

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