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Generation of Two-color Antigen Microarrays for the Simultaneous Detection of IgG and IgM Autoantibodies
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1Endocrine Genetics Laboratory, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Québec, Canada. constantin.polychronakos@mcgill.ca
Nature Genetics
|November 29, 2011
Abstract:
An efficient way to design genotyping arrays for fine mapping is to group phenotypes with common biology. The first application of the Immunochip to celiac disease provides an insightful view of what this strategy can achieve.
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