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SUBMITTER: Hashimoto Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5214692 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yonago acta medica 20161226 4
<h4>Background</h4>Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a disease characterized by expression of <i>Promyelocytic Leukemia-Retinoic Acid Receptor</i> α (<i>PML-RAR</i>α) chimeric mRNA. Although APL is curable, early death due to hemorrhage is a major problem. Here, we report the development of a simple and rapid diagnostic method for APL based on reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP).<h4>Methods</h4>An RT-LAMP primer set was designed to detect three types of <i> ...[more]