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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Superiority of Droplet Digital PCR Over Real-Time Quantitative PCR for

Francesco La Rocca, Vitina Grieco, Vitalba Ruggieri, Emanuela Zifarone, Oreste Villani, Pietro Zoppoli, Sabino Russi, Simona Laurino, Geppino Falco, Giovanni Calice and 4 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 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

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco La RoccaLaboratory of Clinical Research and Advanced Diagnostics, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8868-195X
Vitina GriecoLaboratory of Clinical Research and Advanced Diagnostics, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.
Vitalba RuggieriLaboratory of Preclinical and Translational Research, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata (CROB); 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.
Emanuela ZifaroneTrial Office, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.
Oreste VillaniHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.
Pietro ZoppoliLaboratory of Preclinical and Translational Research, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata (CROB); 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7860-9655
Sabino RussiLaboratory of Preclinical and Translational Research, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata (CROB); 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4467-4942
Simona LaurinoLaboratory of Preclinical and Translational Research, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata (CROB); 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5220-3227
Geppino FalcoDepartment of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6193-7233
Giovanni CaliceLaboratory of Preclinical and Translational Research, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata (CROB); 85028 Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2545-1401
Anna MarinaccioSection of Clinic Pathology, OO.RR., 71122 Foggia, Italy.
Maria Iole NatalicchioSection of Clinic Pathology, OO.RR., 71122 Foggia, Italy.
Francesco AlbanoUnit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOU Policlinico Consorziale "Giovanni XXIII", "Aldo Moro" University, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7926-6052
Pellegrino MustoUnit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOU Policlinico Consorziale "Giovanni XXIII", "Aldo Moro" University, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata · ITOspedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITBiogem · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

droplet digital PCRJAK2myeloproliferative neoplasmsqPCR

Identifiers

PMID32150880
PMCPMC7151190
OpenAlexW3009387282

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