EQUAL-qual: A European program for external quality assessment of genomic DNA extraction and PCR amplification

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1349-1357

  Orlando, Claudio ^a   Verderio, Paolo ^b   Maatman, Ronald ^c   Danneberg, Jan ^c   Ramsden, Simon ^d   Neumaier, Michael ^e   Taruscio, Domenica ^f   Falbo, Vincenzo ^f   Jansen, Robert ^g   Casini Raggi, Claudia ^a   Malentacchi, Francesca ^a   Marubini, Ettore ^h   Pizzamiglio, Sara ^b   Vernelen, Kris ⁱ   Libeer, Jean Claude ⁱ   Palicka, Vladimir ^j   Pazzagli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

DNA; EUROPEAN UNION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34347375083     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.084004     Document Type: Article

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