Venesection needle coring increases positive results with RT-PCR for detection of circulating cells expressing CEA mRNA
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Clinical & Experimental Metastasis
- Vol. 18 (4) , 291-294
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1011034302639
Abstract
We assessed whether circulating cell positivity using RT-PCR for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) cDNA was affected by venesection via a needle compared/with a pre-aspirated venous cannula, and by...Keywords
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