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SUBMITTER: Rubio-Diaz DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3852842 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rubio-Diaz Daniel E DE Pozza Megan E ME Dimitrakov Jordan J Gilleran Jason P JP Giusti M Monica MM Stella Judith L JL Rodriguez-Saona Luis E LE Buffington C A Tony CA
The Analyst 20090416 6
Reliable diagnostic markers for Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis (IC) currently are not available. This study evaluated the feasibility of diagnosing IC in humans and domestic cats from the spectra of dried serum films (DSFs) using infrared microspectroscopy. Spectra were obtained from films from 29 humans and 34 domestic cats to create classification models using Soft Independent Modeling by Class Analogy (SIMCA). Ultrafiltration of serum improved discrimination capability. The class ...[more]