MALDI imaging mass spectrometry differentiates basal cell carcinoma from trichoblastoma and trichoepithelioma: A proof of principle study

• Jennifer M. C. Ranes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer M. C. Ranes, Jessica L. Moore

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  ¶☯ Authors contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation St. George’s University School of Medicine, True Blue, Grenada

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• Jessica L. Moore ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer M. C. Ranes, Jessica L. Moore

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶☯ Authors contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Frontier Diagnostics, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Nathan H. Patterson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliations Frontier Diagnostics, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Sarah P. Nicholson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Frontier Diagnostics, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Sara Kantrow,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Pathology Associates of Saint Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Jason Robbins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathology Associates of Saint Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Richard M. Caprioloi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Frontier Diagnostics, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Jeremy L. Norris,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Frontier Diagnostics, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Rami N. Al-Rohil

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rami_alrohil@med.unc.edu

  Affiliations Duke University Department of Pathology and Dermatology, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-0530

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