Fundamentals of molecular diagnostics
David E. Burns, Edward R. Ashwood and Carl A. Burtis.
- Philadelphia, Pa. Edinburgh Elsevier Saunders 2007.
- vii, 267 p. ill. 28 cm.
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.