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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Evaluation of Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR) for the Absolute Quantification of

Tuang Yeow Poh, Nur A'tikah Binte Mohamed Ali, Louisa L Y Chan, Pei Yee Tiew, Sanjay H Chotirmall

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tuang Yeow PohTranslational Respiratory Research Laboratory, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore.
Nur A'tikah Binte Mohamed AliTranslational Respiratory Research Laboratory, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore.
Louisa L Y ChanTranslational Respiratory Research Laboratory, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-7298-4825
Pei Yee TiewTranslational Respiratory Research Laboratory, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore.
Sanjay H ChotirmallTranslational Respiratory Research Laboratory, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0417-7607
Nanyang Technological University · SG

Funding

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship LLYCNTU Integrated Medical, Biological and Environmental Life Sciences (NIMBELS), Nanyang Technological University NIM/03/2018Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council MOH-000141Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council NMRC/Fellowship/0049/2017Wong Peng Onn Postdoctoral Fellowship LLYC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrior studies illustrate the presence and clinical importance of detecting

methodsThe molecular approaches of qPCR and ddPCR were applied to DNA fungal extracts in

resultsStandard qPCR and ddPCR were both able to detect, even at low abundance,

conclusionddPCR has greater sensitivity for

Indexed as

AgedAspergillusBacterial LoadBronchiectasisCase-Control StudiesDNA, FungalEarly DiagnosisFemaleHumansLimit of DetectionMaleMiddle AgedPolymerase Chain ReactionProspective StudiesPulmonary AspergillosisPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveDNA, FungalAspergillus fumigatusAspergillus terreusddPCRqPCRquantification

Identifiers

PMID32357408
PMCPMC7247686
OpenAlexW3020506544

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