title: To confirm or not to confirm (microarray data)--that is the question.
abstract: A letter discussing the issues surrounding post-hybridization confirmatory studies of microarray data.
authors.affiliation: Reproductive Toxicology Division (MD-72), National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. rockett.john@epa.gov
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rockett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results