Responding to COVID-19 in Istanbul: Perspective from genomic laboratory

Levent Doganay¹, Nihat Bugra Agaoglu^{1

2}, Arzu Irvem³, Gizem Alkurt¹, Jale Yildiz¹, Betsi Kose¹, Yasemin Kendir Demirkol^{1

4}, Ozlem Akgun Dogan^{1

4}, Gizem Dinler Doganay⁵

Affiliations

¹ Genomic Laboratory (GLAB), Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Medical Genetics, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Department of Microbiology, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Genetics, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Levent Doganay et al. North Clin Istanb. 2020.

. 2020 May 7;7(3):311-312.

doi: 10.14744/nci.2020.30075. eCollection 2020.

Levent Doganay¹, Nihat Bugra Agaoglu^{1

2}, Arzu Irvem³, Gizem Alkurt¹, Jale Yildiz¹, Betsi Kose¹, Yasemin Kendir Demirkol^{1

4}, Ozlem Akgun Dogan^{1

4}, Gizem Dinler Doganay⁵

¹ Genomic Laboratory (GLAB), Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Medical Genetics, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Department of Microbiology, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Genetics, Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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