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Evaluation of High Resolution Melting analysis as an alternate tool to screen for risk alleles associated with small kidneys in Indian newborns.
BMC nephrology - 28 Oct 2011
Raghavendra Ashwini, Siji Annes, Sridhar T S, Phadke Kishore, Vasudevan Anil
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BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common forms of sequence variations in the human genome. They contribute to the human phenotypic spectrum and are associated with variations in response to pathogens, drugs and vaccines. Recently, SNPs in three human genes involved in kidney development (RET, PAX2 and ALDH1A2) have been reported to be associated with variation in renal size and...
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