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      Allele distribution of 15 STR loci used for human identity purposes in the Greek Cypriot population of the island of Cyprus 

      Cariolou, Marios A.; Manoli, Panayiotis; Demetriou, Neophytos; Bashiardes, Evy; Karagrigoriou, Alex; Budowle, Bruce (2006)
      Allele frequencies for 15 STRs (D3S1358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, THO1, Penta E, D16S539, CSF1PO, Penta D and TPOX) in the PowerPlex®-16 System (Promega Corporation) were derived from a ...
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      Complement C1Q polymorphisms modulate onset in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy TTR Val30Met 

      Dardiotis, Efthymios; Koutsou, Pantelitsa; Zamba-Papanicolaou, Eleni; Vonta, Filia; Hadjivassiliou, Marilena; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Cariolou, Marios A.; Christodoulou, Kyproula; Kyriakides, Theodoros (2009)
      Background: Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) TTR Val30Met is a lethal autosomal dominant sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathy due to a substitution of methionine for valine at position 30 of the transthyretin ...
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      The cypriot and Iranian National Mutation Frequency Databases. 

      Kleanthous, Marios; Patsalis, Philippos C.; Drousiotou, Anthi; Motazacker, M.; Christodoulou, Kyproula; Cariolou, Marios A.; Baysal, E.; Khrizi, K.; Moghimi, B.; Pourfarzad, F.; van Baal, S.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Najmabadi, H.; Patrinos, G. P. (2006)
      The National Mutation Frequency Databases are continuously updated mutation depositories, which contain extensive information over the described genetic heterogeneity of an ethnic group or population. Here, we report the ...
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      Database system for thalassemia mutations 

      Constantinou, Ioannis P.; Pattichis, Constantinos S.; Gerolakkitis, M.; Schizas, Christos N.; Cariolou, Marios A. (Publ by IEEE, 1993)
      In this study, a computer aided database system for handling thalassemia mutations data is presented. The system was developed in Clipper and is able to process data in the form of biochemical and molecular measurements, ...
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      Greek Cypriot allele and genotype frequencies for amplitype® PM-DQA1 and D1S80 loci 

      Cariolou, Marios A.; Manoli, Panayiotis; Christoforou, Maria; Bashiardes, Evy; Karagrigoriou, Alex; Budowle, Bruce (1998)
      A sample from the Greek Cypriot population was typed at seven forensically important PCR-based loci: LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, GC, HLA-DQA1, and D1S80. The results showed that all loci meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations and ...
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      Spectrum and prevalence of prothrombotic single nucleotide polymorphism profiles in the Greek Cypriot population 

      Xenophontos, Stavroulla L.; Hadjivassiliou, Marilena; Ayrton, N.; Karagrigoriou, Alex; Pantzaris, Marios C.; Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.; Cariolou, Marios A. (2002)
      Background. This study was performed to establish the allele, genotype and genotype combination/SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) profile frequencies in the general population of Cyprus for 6 genes implicated in thrombotic ...
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      Underexpression of the apolipoprotein E2 and E4 alleles in the Greek Cypriot population of Cyprus 

      Cariolou, Marios A.; Kokkofitou, Avgousta; Manoli, Panayiotis; Christou, Soteroulla; Karagrigoriou, Alex; Middleton, Lefkos T. (1995)
      Apolipoprotein E (APOE) plays an important role in the multifactorial etiology of both cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to investigate the APOE gene polymorphism in ...