Advances in the use of dried blood spots on filter paper to monitor kidney disease [PDF]
Childhood Kidney DiseasesPatients with kidney disease require frequent blood tests to monitor their kidney function, which is particularly difficult for young children and the elderly.
Carla Nicola, Vandréa de Souza
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Canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Bolivian Chaco [PDF]
, 2018 A cross-sectional study on Trypanosoma cruzi was carried out in 2013 to evaluate the role of dogs as possible source of infection for humans in two rural communities of the highly endemic Bolivian Chaco (Bartolo, Chuquisaca Department, n = 57 dogs; and ...
Bartoloni, Alessandro +9 more
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Hepatitis C Core-Antigen Testing from Dried Blood Spots
Viruses, 2019 In order to expand hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening, a change in the diagnostic paradigm is warranted to improve accessibility and decrease costs, such as utilizing dried blood spot (DBS) collection. In our study, blood from 68 patients with chronic HCV
Mia J. Biondi +16 more
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Potential use of a dried saliva spot (DSS) in therapeutic drug monitoring and disease diagnosis
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2022 In recent years, scientific researchers have increasingly become interested in noninvasive sampling methods for therapeutic drug monitoring and disease diagnosis.
Yu Han +5 more
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Dried blood spots in toxicology : from the cradle to the grave? [PDF]
, 2012 About a century after its first described application by Ivar Bang, the potential of sampling via dried blood spots (DBS) as an alternative for classical venous blood sampling is increasingly recognized.
De Kesel, Pieter +3 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 +5 more
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Determination of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid in dried blood spots using a simple GC-MS method with direct 'on spot' derivatization [PDF]
, 2010 The objective of this study was the development of an accurate and sensitive method for the determination of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) in dried whole blood samples using a GC-MS method.
Ingels, Ann-Sofie +2 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 The profiling of DNA methylation modifications in peripheral blood has significant potential to determine risk factors for human disease. Little is known concerning the sensitivity of DNA methylation profiles to ex vivo sample handling.
Aya Sasaki +9 more
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Analytical Validation of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Biomarkers in Dried Blood Spots
International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2022 Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a common, treatable genetic disorder characterized by premature atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, yet the majority of affected individuals remain undiagnosed.
Patrice K. Held +5 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 +10 more
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