Fundamentals of molecular diagnostics /
Molecular diagnostics
David E. Burns, Edward R. Ashwood, Carl A. Burtis ; consulting editor, Barbara G. Sawyer.
- St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2007.
- xvii, 267 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Principles of molecular biology -- Genomes and nucleic acid alterations -- Specimen collection and processing -- Nucleic acid isolation -- Nucleic acid techniques -- Miniaturization: DNA chips and devices -- Design and operation of a molecular diagnostics laboratory -- Introduction to evidence-based molecular diagnostics -- Inherited diseases -- Identity assessment -- Molecular methods in diagnosis and monitoring of infectious diseases -- Pharmacogenetics -- Molecular genetics in diagnosis of human cancers -- Reference information.