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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2015

Comparison of droplet digital PCR and conventional quantitative PCR for measuring

B O Zhang, Chun-Wei Xu, Yun Shao, Huai-Tao Wang, Yong-Fang Wu, Ye-Ying Song, Xiao-Bing Li, Zhe Zhang, Wen-Jing Wang, Li-Qiong Li and 1 more

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

B O ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, P.R. China.
Chun-Wei XuDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, P.R. China.
Yun ShaoDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, P.R. China.
Huai-Tao WangDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, P.R. China.
Yong-Fang WuDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, P.R. China.
Ye-Ying SongDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, P.R. China.
Xiao-Bing LiDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, P.R. China.
Zhe ZhangWuhan YZY Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei 430075, P.R. China.
Wen-Jing WangWuhan YZY Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei 430075, P.R. China.
Li-Qiong LiWuhan YZY Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei 430075, P.R. China.
Cong-Li CaiWuhan YZY Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei 430075, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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droplet digital polymerase chain reactionepidermal growth factor receptor gene mutationnon-small cell lung cancerquantitative polymerase chain reaction

Identifiers

PMID25780439
PMCPMC4353752

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