Long-term stability of thyroid hormones and DNA in blood spots kept under varying storage conditions

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-639

  El Ezzi, Asmahan A ^a,b,c   El Saidi, Mohammed A ^c   Kuddus, Ruhul H ^c  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital hypothyroidism; DNA extraction; dried blood spot; polymerase chain reaction; radioimmunoassay; thyrotropin; thyroxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DNA EXTRACTION; FILTER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; Y CHROMOSOME;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DNA; HUMANS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 77955789567     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03101.x     Document Type: Article

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