Comparison of real-time PCR and nested PCR for the detection of Y chromosome sequences in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-156

  Mosca, M ^a   Giuliano, T ^a   Curcio, M ^b   Doveri, M ^a   De Feo, F ^a   Tani, C ^a   Bazzichi, L ^a   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 58349089162     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.089821     Document Type: Letter

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