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Genotype analysis using human hair shaft.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Sept 2002
Chang Hsueh-Wei, Yen Ching-Yu, Liu Shyun-Yui, Singer Gad, Shih Ie-Ming
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Analysis of genotypes for genetic predisposition of diseases has profound and widespread clinical application and has become a fundamental tool in the study of molecular epidemiology. In this study, we report a convenient and completely noninvasive approach to perform genotyping using terminal cephalic hair shaft. The average and median DNA amounts purified from the hair shaft are 112 +/- 180 (1 SD) pg/mg and 66...
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