Optimised sample DNA preparation for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in synovial tissue by polymerase chain reaction and ligase chain reaction

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 140-145

  Freise, J ^a   Gerard H C ^b   Bunke, T ^a   Whittum Hudson, J A ^b   Zeidler, H ^a   Kohler L ^a   Hudson, A P ^b   Kuipers, J G ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MONOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SCREENING TEST; SYNOVIUM;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0035134734     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.2.140     Document Type: Article

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