Letters to the editor comparison of 7 methods for extracting cell-free DNA from serum samples of colorectal cancer patients

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 587-589

  Fong, Siew Lee ^a   Zhang, Ji Tuan ^b   Lim, Che Kang ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Liu, Yanqun ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CHLOROFORM; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLYCOGEN; GUANIDINE; PHENOL; RESIN; SODIUM IODIDE; UVOMORULIN;

BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; ONCOGENE K RAS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BLOOD; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

EID: 62149144439     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.110122     Document Type: Letter

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