Plasma components affect accuracy of circulating cancer-related microRNA quantitation.

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Published in J Mol Diagn on November 30, 2011

Authors

Dong-Ja Kim1, Sarah Linnstaedt, Jaime Palma, Joon Cheol Park, Evangelos Ntrivalas, Joanne Y H Kwak-Kim, Alice Gilman-Sachs, Kenneth Beaman, Michelle L Hastings, Jeffrey N Martin, Dominik M Duelli

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1: Department of Pathology, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA.

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