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Detection of DNA in the Plasma of Septic Patients
1 Apr 2000
Abstract excerpt
Small amounts of plasma-free DNA have been observed both in healthy individuals and in patients with various diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, viral hepatitis, and cancer. This communication demonstrates that septic patients also release DNA in plasma. After DNA extraction from plasma, exon 1 of the K-ras gene was amplified by PCR and products were analyzed by dot-blot...
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