Are microarrays useful in the screening of ABCA4 mutations in Italian patients affected by macular degenerations?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1250-1255

  Stenirri, Stefania ^a,b   Alaimo, Georgia ^b,d   Manitto, Maria Pia ^a   Brancato, Rosario ^a   Ferrari, Maurizio ^a,b,c   Cremonesi, Laura ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Diagnostica e Ricerca San Raffaele   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABCA4 gene; Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC); Microarray; Stargardt's disease

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN ABCA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STARGARDT DISEASE;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; ITALY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 51849143740     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.248     Document Type: Article

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