A Robust Protocol for Using Multiplexed Droplet Digital PCR to Quantify Somatic Copy Number Alterations in Clinical Tissue Specimens

• Curtis B. Hughesman,

  Affiliations Department of Oral Medical Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada

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• X. J. David Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Medical Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada

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• Kelly Y. P. Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Medical Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada

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• Yuqi Zhu,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Medical Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada

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• Catherine F. Poh ,

  * E-mail: israels@mail.ubc.ca (CH); cpoh@dentistry.ubc.ca (CP)

  Affiliations Department of Oral Medical Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Canada, Department of Integrative Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1L3, Canada

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• Charles Haynes

  * E-mail: israels@mail.ubc.ca (CH); cpoh@dentistry.ubc.ca (CP)

  Affiliations Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada, RES’EAU NSERC Research Network, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada

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