A fast automated screening method for the detection of blood transfusion in sports.
| Data(s) |
2014
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| Resumo |
Currently, there is no simple direct screening method for the misuse of blood transfusions in sports. In this study, we investigated whether the measurement of iron in EDTA-plasma can serve as biomarker for such purpose. Our results revealed an increase of the plasma iron level up to 25-fold 6 h after blood re-infusion. The variable remained elevated 10-fold one day after the procedure. A specificity of 100% and a sensitivity of 93% were obtained with a proposed threshold at 45 µg/dL of plasma iron. Therefore, our test could be used as a simple, cost effective biomarker for the screening for blood transfusion misuse in sports. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Identificador |
http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_EB7D47262943 isbn:1942-7611 (Electronic) pmid:24853344 doi:10.1002/dta.1676 isiid:000346496000008 |
| Idioma(s) |
en |
| Fonte |
Drug Testing and Analysis, vol. 6, no. 11-12, pp. 1141-1143 |
| Palavras-Chave | #anti-doping, blood transfusion, iron, doping |
| Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article article |
