Developing a one-step triplet-repeat primed PCR assay for diagnosing myotonic dystrophy

Xiaoping Lan; Na Li; Hongling Wan; Lintong Luo; Yiming Wu; Sanxiang Li; Yu An; Bai-Lin Wu

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2018.06.008

Volume 45 Issue 10

Oct. 2018

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Developing a one-step triplet-repeat primed PCR assay for diagnosing myotonic dystrophy

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2018.06.008

Xiaoping Lan^{a, b, c, d, #},
Na Li^{e, #},
Hongling Wan^{c, #},
Lintong Luo^c,
Yiming Wu^{a, b},
Sanxiang Li^c,
Yu An^f,
Bai-Lin Wu^{a, b, g}

a
Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
b
Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Pathology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
c
College of Bioengineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui 741001, China
d
Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200040, China
e
College of Life Science and Technology, Longdong University, Qingyang 745000, China
f
MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
g
Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: bai-lin.wu@childrens.harvard.edu (Bai-Lin Wu)
Received Date: 2018-02-05
Accepted Date: 2018-06-28
Rev Recd Date: 2018-05-14

Available Online: 2018-09-08

Publish Date: 2018-10-20

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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