Detrimental effect of formaldehyde on plasma RNA detection [4]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1074-1076

  Chung, Grace T Y ^a   Chiu, Rossa W K ^a   Chan, K C Allen ^a   Lau, Tze K ^a   Leung, Tse N ^a   Chan, Lin W ^a   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EDETIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; CIRCULATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; LETTER; MATERNAL PLASMA; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION;

BUFFERS; FEMALE; FETUS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PREGNANCY; RNA;

EID: 19644376389     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.045807     Document Type: Letter

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