Rapid detection of the prothrombin C20209T transition by light cycler analysis [5]

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1114-1115

  Clench, Timothy ^a   Standen, Graham R ^b   Ryan, Emma ^a   Chilcott, Jessica L ^b   Mumford, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MELTING POINT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHILIA; WILD TYPE;

EID: 27844534060     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-05-1114     Document Type: Letter

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