Novel methylation specific real-time PCR test for the diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 684-688

  Mehta, Akanksha ^a,b   Mielnik, Anna ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Paduch, Darius A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Klinefelter syndrome; mosaicism; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA;

47, XXY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSAICISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURNAROUND TIME; X CHROMOSOME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MOSAICISM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907013132     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.125914     Document Type: Article

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