Real time PCR detection of the PI″Z and PI″S mutations associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

American Journal of Translational Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 406-411

  Bartels, Claudine L ^a   Marchetti, Angela L ^a,b   Highsmith, Edward W ^c   Tsongalis, Gregory J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Genotyping; Molecular diagnostics; Real time PCR; Serine protease inhibitor; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77953462197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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