Internal Controls for the Quality Assessment of Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for the Diagnosis of Infectious & Autoimmune Diseases
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Evaluation and interpretations of the results findings in Molecular diagnosis in patients care as well as in clinical research plays a vital role. The usage of various controls; positive, negative, internal controls are very significant for concluding the diagnostics assay’s validity. The current review summarize about the different internal controls and the disease/disorder in which they can be utilized. Keywords: Internal Control, Polymerization, Amplicon contamination, Molecular diagnosis
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Narotam Sharma, R. K. Singh, Duli Chand, Anurag Shukla, Man Singh, Ravi Kumar Govil, Banke Bihari, Aditya Saxena, A. K. Bhatia
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