Filter paper blood spot enzyme linked immunoassay for insulin and application in the evaluation of determinants of child insulin resistance.

In large-scale epidemiology, bloodspot sampling by fingerstick onto filter paper has many advantages, including ease and low costs of collection, processing and transport. We describe the development of an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) for quantifying insulin from dried blood spots and demonstra...

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Main Authors: Richard M Martin, Rita Patel, Alexander Zinovik, Michael S Kramer, Emily Oken, Konstantin Vilchuck, Natalia Bogdanovich, Natalia Sergeichick, Robert Gunnarsson, Lisa Grufman, Ying Foo, Nina Gusina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3466324?pdf=render