Publications

  • Matrix-assisted laser desorption / ionization for simultaneous quantitation of (acyl-)carnitines and organic acids in dried blood spots

    Screening for inborn errors of metabolism using mass spectrometry is part of nationwide newborn screening programs and involves the detection of disease relevant (acyl-)carnitines and… Read more
  • Quantification of excess risk for diabetes for those born in times of hunger, in an entire population of a nation, across a century

    Based on a unique dataset comprising all 325,000 Austrian patients that were under pharmaceutical treatment for diabetes during 2006 and 2007, we measured the excess… Read more
  • Short-incubation mass spectrometry assay for lysosomal storage disorders in newborn and high-risk population screening

    ARCHIMEDlife News , Publications November 1, 2012
    The interest in early detection strategies for lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) in newborns and high-risk population has increased in the last years due to the… Read more
  • Small sizes and indolent evolutionary dynamics challenge the potential role of P2RY8-CRLF2-harboring clones as main relapse-driving force in childhood ALL

    ARCHIMEDlife News , Publications October 22, 2012

    The P2RY8-CRLF2 fusion defines a particular relapse-prone subset of childhood ALL in AIEOP-BFM 2000 protocols. To investigate whether and to what extent different clone sizes… Read more

  • Evaluation of a novel, commercially available mass spectrometry kit for newborn screening including succinylacetone without hydrazine

    Publications August 16, 2012
    Abstract: Newborn screening for tyrosinemia type I (Tyr-I) is mandatory to identify infants at risk before life-threatening symptoms occur. The analysis of tyrosine alone is… Read more
  • The predictive value of immature granulocyte count and immature myeloid information in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

    ARCHIMEDlife News , Publications February 23, 2012
    Background: To determine the predictive value of the immature granulocyte count and the immature myeloid information in neonatal early onset sepsis we examined 133 blood samples… Read more