Certification of reference materials for detection of the human prothrombin gene G20210A sequence variant

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-469

  Gancberg, David ^a   Corbisier, Philippe ^a   Meeus, Nele ^a   Marki Zay, Janos ^a   Mannhalter, Christine ^b   Schimmel, Heinz ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Molecular diagnostic testing; Prothrombin; Real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Reference material; Sequence variant

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALLELES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTHROMBIN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 44949083701     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.093     Document Type: Article

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