Metabolomic and inflammatory mediator based biomarker profiling as a potential novel method to aid pediatric appendicitis identification

• Nusrat S. Shommu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bio-NMR Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5382-6506

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• Craig N. Jenne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Jaime Blackwood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Ari R. Joffe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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• Dori-Ann Martin,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Graham C. Thompson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Hans J. Vogel

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vogel@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliation Bio-NMR Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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