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Combination of real-time PCR and sequencing to detect multiple clinically relevant genetic variations in the lactase gene.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Feb 2017
Brasen Claus Lohman, Frischknecht Lone, Ørnskov Dorthe, Andreasen Lotte, Madsen Jonna Skov
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lactase persistence is an autosomal dominant trait commonly distributed in Europe as well as some parts of east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Using real-time PCR to detect the -13910C > T variant common in the European population is a reliable analysis although other variants in the probe-binding site may cause errors in analysis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the...
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