Integrated strategy for fast and automated molecular characterization of genes involved in craniosynostosis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1767-1774

  Stenirri, Stefania ^a   Restagno, Gabriella ^b   Ferrero, Giovanni Battista ^c   Alaimo, Georgia ^a,g   Sbaiz, Luca ^b   Mari, Caterina ^b   Genitori, Lorenzo ^d   Maurizio, Ferrari ^a,e,f   Cremonesi, Laura ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e Diagnostica e Ricerca San Raffaele   (Italy)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN GROWTH; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CROUZON SYNDROME; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWIST1 GENE;

AUTOANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 2; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3;

EID: 34848918888     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.089292     Document Type: Article

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