LightCycler PCR assay for simultaneous detection of the H63D and S65C mutations in the HFE hemochromatosis gene based on opposite melting temperature shifts

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2275-2278

  Bollhalder, Maja ^a   Mura, Catherine ^b   Landt, Olfert ^c   Maly, Friedrich E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c TIB MOLBIOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032712283     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.12.2275     Document Type: Article

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