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Short-term Storage of Blood Samples and DNA Isolation in Serum Separator Tubes for Application in Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Research

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the use of a simple DNA isolation technique for application in epidemiologic studies. To analyze systematically the potential impact of lag time between blood drawing and DNA isolation and the condition of storage of blood samples on the quantity and quality of isolated DNA in large-scale epidemiologic studies. METHODS: A modified single tube DNA isolation technique was used. DNA was isolated from samples collected from …

Authors

Schünemann HJ; Stanulla M; Trevisan M; Aplan PD; Freudenheim JL; Muti P

Journal

Annals of Epidemiology, Vol. 10, No. 8, pp. 538–544

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2000

DOI

10.1016/s1047-2797(00)00076-4

ISSN

1047-2797