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ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2015

Is Southern blotting necessary to measure telomere length reproducibly? Authors' Response to: Commentary: The reliability of telomere length measurements.

Carmen M Martin-Ruiz, Duncan Baird, Laureline Roger, Petra Boukamp, Damir Krunic, Richard Cawthon, Martin M Dokter, Pim Van Der Harst, Sofie Bekaert, Tim De Meyer and 12 more

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Article in International journal of epidemiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Carmen M Martin-RuizInstitute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Duncan BairdInstitute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Laureline RogerInstitute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Petra BoukampDeutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Damir KrunicDeutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Richard CawthonDepartment. of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Martin M DokterDepartment of Cardiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Pim Van Der HarstDepartment of Cardiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Sofie BekaertBimetra, Clinical Research Center, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Tim De MeyerDepartment of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Goran RoosDepartment of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Ulrika SvensonDepartment of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Veryan CoddDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Nilesh J SamaniDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Liane McglynnInstitute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Paul G ShielsInstitute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Karen A PooleyCentre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Alison M DunningCentre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Rachel CooperMRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK and.
Andrew WongMRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK and.
Andrew KingstonInstitute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Thomas Von ZglinickiInstitute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, t.vonzglinicki@newcastle.ac.uk.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 16565Medical Research Council G0601333Medical Research Council MC_UU_12019/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Blotting, SouthernTelomereHumansReproducibility of Results

Identifiers

PMID26403813

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