Chapter 12Essential Concepts in Molecular

Pathology

Companion site for Molecular PathologyAuthor: William B. Coleman and Gregory J. Tsongalis

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FIGURE 12.1

Testing for hepatitis C virus. (A) traditional H&E stained section of liver, (B) amplification curve from viral load testing using the Roche Taqman assay, and (C) HCV genotyping using the Siemens LiPA assay.

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FIGURE 12.2

Schematic of real time PCR detection of the t(15;17) in AML. Arrows indicate primers used in amplification.

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FIGURE 12.3

Cystic fibrosis mutation analysis using the Hologic CFTR Inplex Invader assay. A schematic diagram illustrates the chemistry involved in the Invader assay and the table represents data output from the 43 mutation panel assay.