The impact of hemolysis on cell-free microRNA biomarkers

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Kirschner, Michaela B ^a   Edelman, J James B ^a,b   Kao, Steven C H ^a   Vallely, Michael P ^a,b   Van Zandwijk, Nico ^a   Reid, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cell free microRNA; Hemolysis; Quality control; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883501173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00094     Document Type: Article

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