The origin of circulating free DNA [1]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2215-

  Van Der Vaart, Maniesh ^a   Pretorius, Piet J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NECROSIS; PHAGOCYTE; PLASMA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; NECROSIS;

EID: 36649023930     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.092734     Document Type: Letter

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