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Polymerase Chain Reaction

Known as: Reaction, Polymerase Chain, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), PCR 
In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short… 
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Anchored PCRInverse PCRNested Polymerase Chain ReactionRandom Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyCloning, MolecularLigase Chain ReactionPolymerase chain reaction analysis

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genetic technology

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2000
2000
Remission Rates Following Preoperative Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer
Purpose: To evaluate remission and breast-conservation rates after preoperative chemotherapy or chemo-radiotherapy (CT-RT… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Genetically modified organisms in food-screening and specific detection by polymerase chain reaction.
PCR methods for the detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were developed that can be used for screening purposes and… 
1996
1996
Loss of heterozygosity of multiple tumor suppressor genes in human gastric cancers by polymerase chain reaction.
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) occurring on various chromosomes has been described in the majority of human tumors and its targets… 
1994
1994
Transfusion-induced graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation. Documentation using polymerase chain reaction with HLA-DR sequence-specific primers.
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) occurring after liver transplantation can pose a difficult diagnostic dilemma. Similar clinical… 
1994
1994
The Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) for Human Viral Diagnosis
Introduction to PCR for Viral Diagnosis (J.P. Clewley). The Current Role of PCR in Diagnostic and Public Health Virology (D.W.G… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A 1.6-Mb contig of yeast artificial chromosomes around the human factor VIII gene reveals three regions homologous to probes for the DXS115 locus and two for the DXYS64 locus.
Two yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) libraries were screened for probes in Xq28, around the gene for coagulation factor VIII (F8… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Absence of bcl-2 major breakpoint region and JH gene rearrangement in lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin's disease. Results of Southern blot analysis and polymerase chain reaction.
Recent evidence suggests that nodular lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin's disease (NLPHD) is a distinct entity that may be related… 
1988
1988
The simultaneous measurements of tissue oxygen concentration and energy state by near-infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
The oxygenation and energy states of brain tissues were measured simultaneously by near-infrared photometry and nuclear magnetic… 
1987
1987
The West African Semiarid Tropics
Farming systems in the West African semiarid tropics (WASAT) reflect a long process of adaptation to low and variable rainfall… 
1984
1984
Maintenance of aerobic metabolism during global ischemia with perfluorocarbon cardioplegia improves myocardial preservation.
We used phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance to test the ability of a perfluorocarbon blood substitute that has been shown in…