Details of the 40 field methods and the reference laboratory method
| Characteristic . | Number . | 
|---|---|
| Regions where the methods were performed | |
| Australia/New Zealand | 13 | 
| Asia | 10 | 
| North America | 8 | 
| Europe | 8 | 
| South America | 1 | 
| South Africa | 1 | 
| Reference for the RQ-PCR methods | |
| Gabert et al,22 Beillard et al23 (EAC) | 17 | 
| Branford et al2,21 | 12 | 
| Emig et al1 | 3 | 
| Emig et al,1 Müller et al25 | 1 | 
| Radich et al,3 Hughes et al8 | 1 | 
| Press et al11 | 1 | 
| Stock et al24 | 1 | 
| In house | 5 | 
| Instruments | |
| Applied Biosystems | 27 | 
| LightCycler | 10 | 
| Corbett Rotorgene | 4 | 
| Control genes | |
| ABL | 18 | 
| BCR | 15 | 
| GUS | 4 | 
| G6PDH | 3 | 
| β2M | 1 | 
| RNA extraction | |
| Trizol reagent | 25 | 
| Qiagen column-based methods | 10 | 
| MagnaPure LC mRNA isolation kit | 2 | 
| PAXgene stabilization | 1 | 
| RNA Stat-60 | 1 | 
| TRI reagent solution | 1 | 
| Versagene RNA purification | 1 | 
| Reverse transcriptase | |
| Superscript | 24 | 
| MMLV | 11 | 
| Roche Transcriptor | 3 | 
| AMV | 2 | 
| Omniscript/Sensiscript | 1 | 
| RT primer | |
| Random hexamers | 38 | 
| Gene specific | 2 | 
| Random hexamers/Oligo dT | 1 | 
| Material used for standard curve | |
| Plasmid | 31 | 
| RNA | 5 | 
| cDNA | 3 | 
| No standard curve | 2 | 
| Characteristic . | Number . | 
|---|---|
| Regions where the methods were performed | |
| Australia/New Zealand | 13 | 
| Asia | 10 | 
| North America | 8 | 
| Europe | 8 | 
| South America | 1 | 
| South Africa | 1 | 
| Reference for the RQ-PCR methods | |
| Gabert et al,22 Beillard et al23 (EAC) | 17 | 
| Branford et al2,21 | 12 | 
| Emig et al1 | 3 | 
| Emig et al,1 Müller et al25 | 1 | 
| Radich et al,3 Hughes et al8 | 1 | 
| Press et al11 | 1 | 
| Stock et al24 | 1 | 
| In house | 5 | 
| Instruments | |
| Applied Biosystems | 27 | 
| LightCycler | 10 | 
| Corbett Rotorgene | 4 | 
| Control genes | |
| ABL | 18 | 
| BCR | 15 | 
| GUS | 4 | 
| G6PDH | 3 | 
| β2M | 1 | 
| RNA extraction | |
| Trizol reagent | 25 | 
| Qiagen column-based methods | 10 | 
| MagnaPure LC mRNA isolation kit | 2 | 
| PAXgene stabilization | 1 | 
| RNA Stat-60 | 1 | 
| TRI reagent solution | 1 | 
| Versagene RNA purification | 1 | 
| Reverse transcriptase | |
| Superscript | 24 | 
| MMLV | 11 | 
| Roche Transcriptor | 3 | 
| AMV | 2 | 
| Omniscript/Sensiscript | 1 | 
| RT primer | |
| Random hexamers | 38 | 
| Gene specific | 2 | 
| Random hexamers/Oligo dT | 1 | 
| Material used for standard curve | |
| Plasmid | 31 | 
| RNA | 5 | 
| cDNA | 3 | 
| No standard curve | 2 |