Performance of an Optimized Paper-Based Test for Rapid Visual Measurement of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) in Fingerstick and Venipuncture Samples

Sidhartha Jain; Radha Rajasingham; Farzad Noubary; Erin Coonahan; Ryan Schoeplein; Rachel Baden; Michael Curry; Nezam Afdhal; Shailendra Kumar; Nira R. Pollock

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128118

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Performance of an Optimized Paper-Based Test for Rapid Visual Measurement of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) in Fingerstick and Venipuncture Samples

Sidhartha Jain ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sidhartha Jain, Radha Rajasingham

Affiliation Diagnostics For All, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Radha Rajasingham ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sidhartha Jain, Radha Rajasingham

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Farzad Noubary,

Affiliations The Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Erin Coonahan,

Affiliation Diagnostics For All, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ryan Schoeplein,

Affiliation Diagnostics For All, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rachel Baden,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Michael Curry,

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nezam Afdhal,

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Shailendra Kumar,

Affiliation Diagnostics For All, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nira R. Pollock

* E-mail: nira.pollock@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Performance of an Optimized Paper-Based Test for Rapid Visual Measurement of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) in Fingerstick and Venipuncture Samples

Sidhartha Jain,
Radha Rajasingham,
Farzad Noubary,
Erin Coonahan,
Ryan Schoeplein,
Rachel Baden,
Michael Curry,
Nezam Afdhal,
Shailendra Kumar,
Nira R. Pollock

Published: May 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128118

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