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ArticleClinical chemistry2018

Digital PCR: A Sensitive and Precise Method for

Georg Greiner, Michael Gurbisz, Franz Ratzinger, Nadine Witzeneder, Ingrid Simonitsch-Klupp, Gerlinde Mitterbauer-Hohendanner, Matthias Mayerhofer, Leonhard Müllauer, Wolfgang R Sperr, Peter Valent and 1 more

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Article in Clinical chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Georg GreinerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael GurbiszDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Franz RatzingerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Nadine WitzenederDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Ingrid Simonitsch-KluppDepartment of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gerlinde Mitterbauer-HohendannerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Matthias MayerhoferLudwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Leonhard MüllauerDepartment of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Wolfgang R SperrDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Peter ValentDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gregor HoermannDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; gregor.hoermann@meduniwien.ac.at.
Medical University of Vienna · ATLudwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research · ATLudwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF F 4701Austrian Science Fund FWF F 4704Austrian Science Fund FWF I 1576Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe analytically sensitive detection of

methodsWe performed a validation study of dPCR for

resultsdPCR showed a limit of detection of 0.01% VAF with a mean CV of 8.5% and identified the mutation in 90% of patients compared with 70% for clamp-PCR (

conclusionsdPCR for

Indexed as

MutationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBone MarrowDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleHumansLimit of DetectionMaleMastocytosisMiddle AgedPolymerase Chain ReactionProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsKIT protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit

Identifiers

PMID29237714
PMCPMC7115889
OpenAlexW2772880658

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