Significant Decline in Galactomannan Signal during Storage of Clinical Serum Samples
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Sample Results (Scatter Plot)
2.1.1. Hypothesis Testing
2.1.2. Assay Repeatability
2.2. Discussion
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Clinical Samples
3.2. Analysis of Clinical Data
3.3. Assay Repeatability
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Sample size | Samples with GM reduction | Median GM1 index | Median GM2 index | p-value | |
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Short-Term Serum | 65 | 44 | 0.65 | 0.19 | <0.001 |
Long-Term Serum | 35 | 31 | 0.56 | 0.10 | <0.001 |
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Johnson, G.L.; Sarker, S.-J.; Hill, K.; Tsitsikas, D.A.; Morin, A.; Bustin, S.A.; Agrawal, S.G. Significant Decline in Galactomannan Signal during Storage of Clinical Serum Samples. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 12970-12977. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140712970
Johnson GL, Sarker S-J, Hill K, Tsitsikas DA, Morin A, Bustin SA, Agrawal SG. Significant Decline in Galactomannan Signal during Storage of Clinical Serum Samples. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2013; 14(7):12970-12977. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140712970
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohnson, Gemma L., Shah-Jalal Sarker, Kate Hill, Dimitris A. Tsitsikas, Amelie Morin, Stephen A. Bustin, and Samir G. Agrawal. 2013. "Significant Decline in Galactomannan Signal during Storage of Clinical Serum Samples" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14, no. 7: 12970-12977. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140712970