Table 2.
Cost-analysis for detection of major structural rearrangements in the LDL receptor gene with quantitative PCR methods
Real-Time PCR | MLPA | |
Price reagents (in euros) | 1120 | 110 |
Time laboratory technician (hours) | 56 | 14 |
Data are given for a batch of 10 samples tested in 16 exons in the LDL receptor gene with the Real-Time PCR method and with the MPLA method. Costs of data analysis and interpretation of results were the same for the two methods.