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Stability study of dehydrocholesterols in dried spot of blood from patients with Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome, using filter-paper treated with butylated hydroxytoluene [PDF]

, 2012
Considering the clinical importance of implementing a screening method for cholesterol and dehydrocholesterols in dried blood spot, this study aims to standardize the preanalytical variability of DHC in DBS for detecting SLOS by using filter paper ...
DELLO RUSSO, ANTONIO, G. Corso, GELZO, MONICA   +2 more
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Use of Dried Capillary Blood Sampling for Islet Autoantibody Screening in Relatives:A Feasibility Study [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Islet autoantibody testing provides the basis for assessment of risk of progression to type 1 diabetes. We set out to determine the feasibility and acceptability of dried capillary blood spot–based screening to identify islet autoantibody ...
Andrea K. Steck, Courtney Henderson, Craig A. Beam, David C. Boulware, Della Matheson, Liping Yu, Lisa E. Rafkin, null null, Polly J. Bingley   +8 more
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Volumetric absorptive microsampling and dried blood spot microsampling vs. conventional venous sampling for tacrolimus trough concentration monitoring

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2020
Objectives Monitoring tacrolimus blood concentrations is important for preventing allograft rejection in transplant patients. Our hospital offers dried blood spot (DBS) sampling, giving patients the opportunity to sample a drop of blood from a ...
Herman Veenhof, R. Koster, L. A. Junier, S. Berger, S. Bakker, D. Touw   +5 more
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Use of dried blood spot samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection using the Roche Elecsys ® high throughput immunoassay

medRxiv, 2020
Background: Dried blood spot samples (DBS) provide an alternative sample type to venous blood samples for antibody testing. DBS are used by NHS for diagnosing HCV and by PHE for large scale HIV and Hepatitis C serosurveillance; the applicability of DBS ...
Ranya Mulchandani, Benjamin Brown, T. Brooks, A. Semper, N. Machin, E. Linley, R. Borrow, D. Wyllie, Sian Taylor-Philips, H. Jones, I. Oliver, A. Charlett, M. Hickman, D. Wyllie   +13 more
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Longitudinal Analysis of Antibody Responses to Trachoma Antigens Before and After Mass Drug Administration. [PDF]

, 2014
Blinding trachoma, caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, is a neglected tropical disease targeted for elimination by 2020. A major component of the elimination strategy is mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin.
Dize, Laura, Gaydos, Charlotte, Goodhew, Erica Brook, Lammie, Patrick J, Martin, Diana L, Mkocha, Harran, Morgan, Sheri Maria, Munoz, Beatriz, Switzer, Andrew J, West, Sheila K, Wiegand, Ryan E   +10 more
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Genome-wide scans using archived neonatal dried blood spot samples

BMC Genomics, 2009
Background Identification of disease susceptible genes requires access to DNA from numerous well-characterised subjects. Archived residual dried blood spot samples from national newborn screening programs may provide DNA from entire populations and ...
Wiuf Carsten, Mortensen Preben B, Ørntoft Torben, Nørgaard-Pedersen Bent, Nyegaard Mette, Børglum Anders, Grauholm Jonas, Hollegaard Mads V, Mors Ole, Didriksen Michael, Thorsen Poul, Hougaard David M   +11 more
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Blood and dried blood spot telomere length measurement by qPCR: assay considerations. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Measurement of telomere length is crucial for the study of telomere maintenance and its role in molecular pathophysiology of diseases and in aging. Several methods are used to measure telomere length, the choice of which usually depends on the type and ...
DeAnna L Zanet, Sara Saberi, Laura Oliveira, Beheroze Sattha, Izabella Gadawski, Hélène C F Côté   +5 more
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Is the hematocrit still an issue in quantitative dried blood spot analysis?

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2019
&NA; Hematocrit‐related issues remain a major barrier for (regulatory) acceptance of the classical dried blood spot (DBS) analysis in the bioanalytical and clinical field. Lately, many attempts to cope with these issues have been made.
S. Velghe, Lisa Delahaye, C. Stove
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Leukocyte and Dried Blood Spot Arylsulfatase A Assay by Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

Analytical Chemistry, 2020
A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) assay utilizing deuterated natural sulfatide substrate to measure arylsulfatase A (ARSA) activity in leukocytes and dried blood spot (DBS) was developed and validated.
Xinying Hong, A. Kumar, Jessica Daiker, Fan Yi, M. Sadilek, Fabiola de Mattia, F. Fumagalli, Valeria Calbi, Roberta Damiano, M. D. Della Bona, G. la Marca, A. Vanderver, Amy T. Waldman, L. Adang, O. Sherbini, Sarah Woidill, Teryn R. Suhr, J. Kurtzberg, Maria L. Beltran-Quintero, M. Escolar, A. Aiuti, A. Finglas, Amber Olsen, M. Gelb   +23 more
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Optimization and Stability Testing of Four Commercially Available Dried Blood Spot Devices for Estimating Measles and Rubella IgG Antibodies

mSphere, 2021
Dried blood spot (DBS) collection offers various advantages over conventional methods of blood collection, especially when collecting and transporting samples for a serosurvey.
Ojas Kaduskar, Vaishali Bhatt, Christine Prosperi, Kyla Hayford, Alvira Z. Hasan, Gururaj Rao Deshpande, Bipin Tilekar, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, Nivedita Gupta, Manoj V. Murhekar, William J. Moss, Sanjay M. Mehendale, Lucky Sangal, Gajanan Sapkal   +14 more
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