Rapid genetic screening for haemochromatosis using heteroduplex technology.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3193136.x

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Rapid genetic screening for haemochromatosis using heteroduplex technology.

British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 1997

Jackson H A, Bowen D J, Worwood M

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The recently described association between haemochromatosis and mutations in the HFE or HLA-'H' gene has prompted the need for a simple and rapid genetic test capable of detecting multiple mutations simultaneously. Heteroduplex analysis, a new diagnostic technique, fulfills such criteria and we h...

Topics

DNA
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Genetic Testing
Hemochromatosis
Humans
Mutation
Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes

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