Circulating (cell-free) nucleic acids - A promising, non-invasive tool for early detection of several human diseases

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 795-799

  Swarup, Vishnu ^a   Rajeswari, M R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cell free nucleic acid; Circulating nucleic acids; Plasma DNA

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; DEATH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; K RAS PROTEIN; MELAN A; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; TROPONIN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MONITORING; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RNA;

EID: 33847129200     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.051     Document Type: Short Survey

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